A Loved One’s Funeral

A Poem

Photo by Julia Kadel on Unsplash

The corpse rests in the coffin.
I’m watching it through my phone.
I can’t be there to pay my last respects.
But wait, what, he’s not there anymore?

I see his body and I see his face.
I feel pain. I feel terror. I feel agony.
I want to pull out the cotton plugs.
I want to see the gleam in those eyes.
I want to see…