Long Trip
Ageing he thinks of the ashes and the long trip ahead in spirit
feels the earth he would become celebrating life as good as ever
An aging man thinks about his own death, picturing his body reduced to ashes and the "long trip" that follows. The trip is a spirit's journey, though the poem keeps it vague, so we are left to imagine where it leads. What stands out is how calm the speaker seems.
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