Emotional Poetry - Self-examination

What is this I see on the floor? this withering thing..
the colors are glorious..

What is this lying in the dirt? this beating thing...
the sound ..is so familiar..

What is this burning here before me? why does it remind me
of myself?.. the colors are brilliant..

What is this dying thing? this screaming thing...
the colors are fading...

What is this thing? I know this thing.. I am this thing...