Conservation (Pieces of Us)

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Aaron J. Shay

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When is glass is shattered
Shattered is how it will remain
And a manuscript, once burned
Will never be read again-
But that's just one perspective

I totally get that you're dead and gone; your reactor spent its reserve
And of everyone I know, a proper send-off is just what you deserve
I imagine how you disintegrate into the pieces of your earthly home
From the neurons that dictated your obsession to every X chromosome
All of these pieces of you will find some other cosmic position
The dirt we become is just another gateway to a thousand future
Destinations

From matter to matter
From energy to energy
Pieces of us persist
After we cease to exist

Maybe someday I'll meet you again in the feather of a giant predatory bird
And in the ink of another civilization's failing printed word
And in the silt at the bottom of some as of yet unfilled lake
And in the fossil fuel as our successors repeat our last mistakes
Our pieces will not recognize each other but that's not the point of this exercise
This is how I choose to comfort myself every time
Another good one dies

From matter to matter
From energy to energy
Pieces of us persist
After we cease to exist

Oxygen
Carbon
Hydrogen and
Nitrogen

Just in case I haven't made myself clear
I still miss you, you're still here

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