Where the darkness engulfs and;

The worms wriggle and eat their way

Into my skin and lips,

And delve deeper,

To the nerves and desiccated organs.

I shall dissolve and disintegrate

Into the depths of earth.

But remain I shall.

And then some

Exploration party will excavate my remains out,

Fossilized.

As a source of fuel,

And burn I shall

Once again.

And you will subsist,

Only when I crackle into

Flames.

Kill me now,

For life has been sucked out of me.

And I wait to be

Born again

In fire,

Like the phoenix.