Corpse Decomposition

Freshly killed, lying still
Intact and insect free
Beautiful, stiff and cold
First stage complete

Dead for days, left to rot
Bloated corpse, once was not
Purge fluid is forced out
Stage 2 complete

Actively decaying, brutalized
Maggots have colonized

Actively decaying, brutalized
Maggots have colonized
Stage 3 complete

Putrefaction begins
An advanced decaying process
Black discolored torso
Stage 4 completed

Putrefaction resumes
Liquefying tissues

Reduced to rot
Festering remains
Skeletonize
Stage 5 is now
Complete

Reduced to rot
Festering remains
Skeletonize
Stage 5 is now
Complete

Corpse decomposition
No remains in site
Dead and gone erased from earth
Mourning life

Life’s predispositions ensure the finite
Death sentence assigned at birth
Awaiting demise

Corpse decomposition
No remains in site
Dead and gone erased from earth
Mourning life

Life’s predispositions ensure the finite
Death sentence assigned at birth
Awaiting demise
Patiently, embracing, expiration
Patiently waiting for death
Embracing decomposition
Expiration
Becoming one with the soil

Live, die, rot, gone

Nothing that was said will ever matter when life’s stripped away
Nothing that was done will be remembered when the corpse decays