We Won’t Die In Vain

One day, my pyre will be lit;

I will submit to fate

I will bow down to our ultimate destiny

Fire will consume every part of me

I shall burn someday

But before I do

Before this body turns to ashes

I want to burn once

Before I am finally put off

Set me ablaze, for once

Before my voice is never heard again,

Let my heart rip

In innumerable bits

Mix with the air

As dust does

And then after I scatter across the realms

After I meet the skies

Let me burst into flames

Let all my pieces explode

All at once, it shall rain fire

The sky will be red then

Winds will howl in my voice

At all the wrong

That continues to happen

I shall proclaim my war

Will you hold my Shofar then?

And my conch?

Blow it when I feel weak?

To help me go on?

And then after all is done

And I’m burnt entirely

I shall descend

For the soil will call

Will you lay your skirt

On the ground?

To hold me one last time

When I fall?

I will gaze,

Till my eyes go moist

And when I’m too tired

I shall close my eyes

You’re half my soul,

As the poets say,

Sing me to sleep then,

Will you?