living in legend
feared
revered
removed
your corpse
a sign of contested
resistance
pouring oil
on paths to cold realities
spiritual uprisings
and songs of salt water
you are forever
living
dead
in myths
of truth subverted
held in memory
too dangerous for life
alive in hearts
burning in our
unconscious
evicting our ignorance
covering our
lost innocence with
blood of martyr
and ash of grief
wish I could free you
from the postage stamp
give you back
the iron and fire
that ran in your
veins