Impermanence

Another year buried
Impoverished
gently mirrored
in a mule doe’s brown eyes

Reflections of struggle
demonstrated in the pit
she dug herself
during her final breath

Inside her full bellied corpse
and hair covered flesh
lies ephemeral beauty
of a life unknown

But no matter
A life, no less
A gift, most lovely
decays in her remains

~Emily Loren Moss Ferrell