Wafting

[Erthona]

If I had to make some kind of interpretation I'd say the narrator is the earth/dirt, taking into itself/themselves dead bodies. However most of the lines are simply confusing due to poor construction.

"Past faces, we stare at their lips and exclaim innocence is grim."

Past faces: does this mean looking past faces, or does it mean faces seen in the past? As the present tense is used for what follows " we stare" one must assume "past faces" means to "look past faces", but if one is looking past the face how can one see lips which is of course on the face. Even dropping the faces part and reading it only as

" we stare at their lips and exclaim innocence is grim."

carries little to no meaning.

I do not know if what you are doing is purposeful or not, that is to say, you think poetry should be obscure, or whether you are a victim (as we all are, especially in the beginning) of assuming the reader knows what writer knows and as a result the writer leaves important parts out. Either way, both are problematic and should not be encouraged.

Best,

dale