DesertWords

No Ashes This Year

I need no ashes sketched 
into my forehead to
bring home the
reality of
death

 

Mortality is magnified by
the relentless ravaging
of a virus among a
people who are
not able to
be apart

 

Ashes are redundant
when death is so
prominent.  I\'d
much rather
have a
smiley
face

 

Ashes to ashes
dust to dust
I get it