In My Experience

after each

deep crisis of the soul

there is often a

dead animal

by the side

of one of the roads

you must travel

the carcass is not

sized in proportion

to your struggle

is not dressed in symbols

offers no universal message

death lies there

until you see it

in the form of

the part of you

now gone

i do not know how

this happens

or why

but it does

and if you wake

from your dream

after death goes

there is another animal

alive awaiting you

when you return home