The funeral dress adorned with black roses,
Related to happiness, this dress opposes.
Yet elegant as the flower lilac,
It’s beauty enough to make one stand back,
But the setting and story this dress discloses.
The mood is somber, yet the dress imposes,
Working on a song, elegy or poem, the dress composes,
Mesmerizing all, seemingly on the attack…
The funeral dress.
“Be not afraid,” the dress proposes.
That time is near, the dress supposes.
Through the flowery decor, the color black,
The memories, the history, the glass of cognac,
Following you out, the crowd exposes,
The funeral dress.