to the tree (TQ Sims - New Orleans, LA)

when i'm done
with this ash and dust
wrap me in the quilt
mother and mamaw
sewed together
put my body in a
pine box if a box you must
that should be enough
to keep the carnivores
from clawing at the earth
and there in the ground
which covers my body
plant a young oak tree
so that when i'm done and done
more dust than bone
what's left will nourish
the tree as it grows
and when you visit
the tree think of me
becoming the air that you breathe
a way of returning
all that you gave me

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