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Slowly consumed

By the gaping maw of darkness

Finally laid to rest

Among root  and  worm for eternity

Flesh drops from the bone

Bone decays to dust

I disappear

To become, one, with the earth

Crowned in earth, forever to sleep

Leaving behind the weight of the world

Cold is the grave, entombed in seclusion

Body surrenders to majestic decay

The tomb beckons, confine of shadows

Swallowed by this tenebrous abyss

Corrosive soil, biting and dank

Devouring the forsaken