A Dead Wish.

The day was mist and cloud banks,
You came to me and cried,
You told me you were sorry, and-
You never should have died.

Thunder cracked with lightning,
There was nothing I could do,
Once dead, the dead stay buried, and-
Their mortal life is through.

Parted lips and shallow tears,
You gave a perfect show,
Reasoning with how unfair, and-
Making me feel low.

I cannot just re-animate,
Your body and your soul,
Once a person's fully gone,
They'll never come back whole.

No reasoning will change my mind,
I'm sure you'll understand,
I will not acquiesce to you,
Cannot perform demand.

So finish what you started, corpse,
And get your business done,
Say your last farewells, because-
You'll fade, come morning sun.