Apologies for not having the real photo of them. So, with no further ado:
"Packed for the Afterlife"
"The remarkably well-preserved contents of a Ming Dynasty tomb"
“To be born in the next
life in the western world”
These words woven into a
damask pillow
with silk thread, found
in
a man’s coffin-
from a Ming Dynasty tomb
One can only wonder why
someone who was buried with
such a treasure, would want to
someone who was buried with
such a treasure, would want to
wake up somewhere else!
Perhaps a good
conversation
starter at a poetry salon
or
among historians drinking
wine
Do the words we leave
behind
really tell our story?
Or are they merely a
small tile
in a much craftier mosaic
Are words indicative of
only
a point of view caught in
time-
Or are they emblematic of
a life theme?
How can we know
another soul’s heart?
We cannot- however,
mentioning the desire
to be across the planet
next time around
speaks volumes about
how he felt about his
life-
Does it not?
“Early fly to heaven”
The companion damask
pillow case
embroidered with an even
more
intriguing quote- Did the
man take
his own life?
Was he a distraught
fellow
who wanted to get to the
western world as soon as
possible?
Too little can be known
about
a motive from mere words-
A skilled semanticist
would
disagree
Indeed, a skilled
semanticist and
his linguist friend
would say that: Words
say everything!
My simple poet soul
simply wishes that
that sad man was
reincarnated in the
west-Godspeed!
raintreepoet
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