Black and white, faded photographs
Archived in my mind, flickers of vitality

A stage where search for blame ends
A stage of rest and final peace
The battered soul's journey
A strife for the ends resolve

How did I reach the end of roads unaware?
How did I become a ghost premature?

Nothing left but the long road back
The slow retreat to where we came from
Ash to ash, dust to dust
Eroding grain of sand