Out of the Dust

Summary

All this pain,

I wonder if I’ll ever find my way,

I wonder if life could life could really change, at all.

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
That’s what we say at burials, isn’t it?

“Seeing that the earthly life of our brother
has come to an end, we commit his body to be buried,
earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

I don’t like to hear those words.
Hearing those words means that I’m at the grave, grieving.
They remind me of loss.  They remind me of my mortality.
“Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.”