05 December 2024

Manther

The day I died,
My soul came out holding 
Its nose, like it could
Not bear the stench.

It didn't look back or wait. 
It escaped from gap between 
Unbecoming of my name
Into a corpse.

What will this bird out
Of the cage would do?
For I haven't taught her
Any songs too.

I already see a limp
In its wings,
Can sour to the heights 
It wishes to reach?

But then it enters another 
Body before I could 
Empathize with it a bit.
Souls have no loyalty, ain't it?

Flaunting its body-count 
Like it's a Manther,
It goes on lusting for better 
Cages and skeletons, 

To collect bounty in terms 
Of carnal misery of the body 
That comes with every 
Mortal's mortality.