Where do the dead go

Where do the dead go,
When we've left them alone?
Is a coffin what
They'd really call home;

Or a graveyard,
Where they read their name;
How much are death
And living the same?

Where to hang their hats,
Having no head;
Where would they sleep,
Since having no bed.

If they were naked
How could you tell;
Or if they took walks,
Would they leave no trail?

Do they get lonely
If no one's around;
Do they find it damp
Down under the ground.

Can they fall in love;
Can they cry a tear;
Do they have a sense
That a loved one's near?

Is it strange to fall in love
With someone who's dead;
Knowing what you'd want to say
Can never be said?

Frank James Ryan Jr./FjR
Answers i swear to have for you the moment i post my first "Soul" poem.....I like this...It's surrealistic tone, is eerily pleasant to this Writer of darksides minds-eye.....\\\FjR///

bogpan
The dead have their own truth. Live your cruelty. And love.

carol
yes itwould be strange lol

Keith Robinson
Enjoyed it very much! Reminds me of a line from the song When In Rome by Nickel Creek..."Where can a dead man go? A question with an answer only dead men know."

Bob Blackwell
I suppose it is one of lifes mysteries, a question we ask ourselves from time to time, the answer is either they are no more or they have gone to live somewhere else. Life is energy and energy cannot be destroyed is what I believe. Great poem it bears thinking about.