UPDATED: Dust

The prospect of one's own mortality has always fascinated me, and has been the foci of my obsession for quite some years now. It has even lead to the development of a novel, which is still very much in the works. Of all of life's grand mysteries, the certainty of death lingers ever-present, and appears as both a beacon of apprehension and motivation. Yet, it should be recognized that the very atoms that construct your present anatomy have existed since the birth of the universe. You are recycled, built from the debris of past existence. So, really, death is merely a transference of form and a preservation of existence, rather than the destruction of it.
That is the subject of the present poem "Dust", which deals with this very motif. The poem itself began as a request from a close friend, Samantha Monteleone, who asked that I assist her in constructing the lyrics to a song. She said that the only line she had was "my dust" and proposed the tempo sound like footsteps. So, I worked my craft, and churned out this curious specimen. She has since incorporated it into a brilliant work-in-progress, making it very much her own. I myself experimented with sounds and produced a different version. I'm going to try and post that version up somehow, but in the meantime please enjoy these "lyrics".

Dust

My dust

Hangs

In crisp beams of light

In rain

In every creeping breeze

Breath

Smithereens of me

Death

Is not quite what it seems

It’s a masquerade

A casting off of things once dear to me

To embrace

The celestial divide

To chase

Down dreams once kept inside

Bursting forth

From the flesh that used to line

This silly shell

Cocoon of selfsame diligence

Ne’er-do-well

Metamorphosed

Pieces of the past

Construct the present form

You are just
The dust of what has come before

UPDATE: Samantha has since completed her song and uploaded it to YouTube. She has entitled it "only just Dust". I personally think it's quite brilliant, and highly suggest you Like it and leave feedback for her in the Comments.

only just Dust