Greater than the Sum.........

Your eulogy then..

At best 

Sentiment & Projection 

Of they 

Wielding the pen

A social agreement

To speak well of 

the dead

In truth 

Only crafted

To commemorate

This particular passing

Or the ever popular

Celebration of life

What of all 

Deaths experienced

While you continued

Your earthly walk?

Can you recall

Or even imagine

The number 

Of suits

You donned 

Strutting 

Life's runway

And then

Renounced

Again 

&

      Again.......

When was it?

You realized/declared

The skin fits!!!

No "dress rehearsal"

This production 

This has always

Been Your Life!

None then

A "minor role.."

Don't all then

 That 

Contributed 

To your

Earthbound finale

Bear mentioning?

Through each 

of those masks

Your inner vision

Was shaped

Until 

The walk

&

The talk 

You

 Called

Your own

How many definitions

Did you 

Vehemently defend?

By how many 

Names 

Might you 

Have answered

Before

 Life's meaning

Crossing

 Your lips

No longer

Reeked 

Of bile?

R. O'Neill (October 18, 2017)