The Tale of Corpse

The corpse laid still on the earth,

and the maggots ate the flesh,

the blood spilled and curdled.

the ants came to feast the guts

and the birds to peck the eyes.

nothing was left but bones

and morsels of flesh.

the sun dried the skin

and the winds brushed

the remaining humanity.

time passed and the corpse

was no more but a bed of bones.

from the skull sprung a single flower

and grasses sprouted from whence it laid.