An Ancient Memory

I woke in the drizzle
With a smell of cremation
I had fought all the fictions
In my head still dwelling…
 
I gathered all the gleam
That had made me so alive
I was screaming my head off
So it crossed my being…
 
A shred of ancient memories
Will dye my eye…
A shred of ancient memories
Will kill goodbye…
 
My prophecy weren’t true
And I inhaled the ashes
Now there’s no death left
Will I ever get any older??
 
A shred of ancient memories
Will dye my eye…
A shred of ancient memories
Will kill goodbye…
 
The old Indian died tonight
He was burned in shady torrent
They hung a wishbone around his neck
The birds died with him…