Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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The Afterlife. Humans, having the ability to contemplate the future, Have struggled for millennia to comprehend The seeming finality of the end of life, named death. To compromise the anxiety and fear that the state of death manifests, Many rituals and beliefs and philosophies have arisen in history: Burning the body, leaving it to be consumed and decay, interning it in the earth; (Many Muslims bury down and to the side; other groups bury straight down) If of status, wrapping it as a preserved mummy, Or embalmed forever on view in a mausoleum. Along with all this are serious beliefs, clinching what may occur. No matter what conditions humans will face, The question of death and what new world may unfold will be perpetually with us. Frank Maurer 9 September 2024 0855 Hours.