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
