Eli5: Does ash remain ash for eternity?

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Does it ever decompose or turn into something? If no, then theoretically, if we burned all dead bodies for trillions of years, would earth eventually run out of supply because there was only ash left, thus life would end? Sorry if this sounds stupid

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Pretty sure ash is mostly carbon which is decently reactive? And other minerals that would seep into the earth and eventually be soaked away in tree roots and such.

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