What Dignity Is There As A Corpse

What Dignity Is There As A Corpse

What dignity is there as a corpse

Lying dead, inert and utterly helpless

Rotting and smelling by the seconds

What dignity is there

If people say you were

A good person

What dignity is there

The treasures you 

Aqcuired for yourself

Or the good you thought you had done

The great works you left behind

Lying dead, inert and utterly helpless

Except that you conquer death

And all the limitations of the puny body

And claim eternity for yourself

Now