The sanctity of life is a lie You merely choose to become bound By believing that the sun will one day come down You are dust and nothing else You are the pile of salt you were always meant to be The holy admonished melts away Into the unsinking sun I gaze as I wither away As reparation for commencing union I give myself unto the sand and become unseen I am dust and nothing else I am the pile of salt my body was always meant to be A part of the world that destroys me Colors burst from beneath my skin The serpent crawls from within Spreading the ash of my remains The gentle winds caress an otherwise empty plain Into the undefinable space between Life and what is beyond it seems Perhaps a soul shall venture forth Discovering the real amidst the lie I am dust and nothing else I am the pile of salt my body was always meant to be A part of the world that destroys me