Corpse Decomposition

Freshly killed, lying still

Intact and insect free

Beautiful, stiff and cold

First stage complete

Dead for days, left to rot

Bloated corpse, once was not

Purge fluid is forced out

Stage 2 complete

Actively decaying, brutalized

Maggots have colonized

Actively decaying, brutalized

Maggots have colonized

Stage 3 complete

Putrefaction begins

An advanced decaying process

Black discolored torso

Stage 4 completed

Putrefaction resumes

Liquefying tissues

Reduced to rot

Festering remains

Skeletonize

Stage 5 is now

Complete

Reduced to rot

Festering remains

Skeletonize

Stage 5 is now

Complete

Corpse decomposition

No remains in site

Dead and gone erased from earth

Mourning life

Life's predispositions ensure the finite

Death sentence assigned at birth

Awaiting demise

Corpse decomposition

No remains in site

Dead and gone erased from earth

Mourning life

Life's predispositions ensure the finite

Death sentence assigned at birth

Awaiting demise

Patiently, embracing, expiration

Patiently waiting for death

Embracing decomposition

Expiration...

Becoming one with the soil

Live, die, rot, gone

Nothing that was said will ever matter when life's stripped away

Nothing that was done will be remembered when the corpse decays