Skeletonized

My girl was a beauty
She took my breath away
She walked into the woods one autumn day
But cold rain overcame her
Far far from her home
She lay in the leaves to ease her weary bones

When you die
Putrefy
Worms and flies
Skeletonize

Deep within the forest
Subject to decay
She grew a bit more gruesome every day
Beasts did feast upon her
Drawn by fragrant flesh
I found her today
She took away my breath

The worms crawled in
The worms crawled out
Maggots writhed within her mouth
Beetles borrowed through her brain
Rodents gnawed upon her frame
A toothy grin
A vacant eye
I can't forget although I try
Her naked bones beneath the sky
That's the fate that awaits us when we die