bury me
i. bury me
estefaaano_writes
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what is it to be buried where the wind
doesn't bother to blow,
where the dust fears to kiss my bones,
where the tall grass grows,
tall enough to hide
the fact of a man who loved Tuscany to Stockholm.
every city,
every barroom arguments,
and swinging doors.
bury me there.
see the islands,
catch the sunrise,
still got so much to learn,
so much to feel alive.
one lonely soul is all i need
to lash me to this world,
to make me believe
bury me in the last few lines
of an obituary for these trying times.
or right where i fall,
with hard liquor and dirty jokes.
carve my name in old live oak,
older than my sins.
men of stones with hearts of marble,
men of sand dissolving in the rain,
long nights alone,
head heavy of unsung trains.
bury me where i loved.
bury me where i fell.
bury me where the wind
finally let me rest.






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ReplyDeleteHappy Release Day! You did it! 🥂✨
ReplyDeleteWho else is reading this and feeling like they need a drink? 🥃
ReplyDeleteLash me to the world. ⚓
ReplyDeleteCarve my name in old live oak, older than my sins.
ReplyDeleteThat line has so much weight. It feels like ancient wisdom.
Bury me where I loved.
ReplyDeleteBury me where I fell.
Bury me where I loved.’ That’s all any of us can really ask for at the end of the day.
ReplyDeleteGenius. Hard liquor and dirty jokes... that’s exactly how I want to be remembered too. No fake eulogies.
ReplyDeletethis might be my favorite opening yet.
ReplyDeleteThe world is a little more beautiful today because these poems are in it.
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be on my mind all week.
ReplyDeleteAbsolute masterpiece.
ReplyDeleteestefaaano_writes, you’re starting this collection with a sledgehammer.
ReplyDeleteWhat a way to come back!
ReplyDeleteOld live oak and hard liquor. 🌳🥃
ReplyDeleteThe rhythm of this feels like a horse galloping through the tall grass. It’s got so much momentum.
ReplyDeleterestless beginning