Daniel Abdal-Hayy’s Comments (group member since Jul 16, 2014)

Daniel Abdal-Hayy’s comments from the EPITAPH Writing Contest (with a FREE BOOK PRIZE!) group.

Ahem. Gracias.

I thought I’d write my
own epitaph
but couldn’t think of
anything to say

So I passed in silence

Open the windows —
he always loved the sky

A change of address
from his home in Uruguay

Charming even the birds from the trees
he sang through life giving back the
largesse he received
in rewardable measure

Arriving empty-handed from
generosity into godly territories
may his soul be filled to overbrim
with God’s Light

Writer of books! How many leaves from
how many trees fall to the ground
each one dry and brown after their green years?

They form sentences as they dissolve earthward
and like avid readers
butterflies flit across them into the woods.

The farewells of others he read
sobered his years
until a bower of peace
surrounded him

She knew there was something amiss
when her breath took flight
and her feet failed to

He ran as free as a young stag,
but like the stag's rippling shadow
he also got entangled in the leaves.