How to Bury Me

Dig the soft earth

Strike. Strike. Strike.

Strike the ground.

And let down the casket.

The whiteness suffocate me.

Give me a lump

Of wet earth, down in fistfuls.

Let me down gently.

The casket hurts me so.

Niangthianmuang S Ngaihte

Niangthianmuang writes riveting poetry and captivating short stories.