By: Simon Lambert

     By:State: Victoria
     By:Country: Australia



Death in the Park


Cry softly night 
Your web of tangled tears 
And with 
Your fluid threads 
The lonely soul entwine. 
Cast your glistening cloak 
About the sorry flesh 
And hushed 
Admit your will 
The ebbing mind to still. 
Seep to deeply touch 
Where lonely eyes reside 
And bid 
Mute eternity flood 
The fretful ruined ember. 
Protect this private dying time 
From passing prying eyes 
And chant 
A mournful shroud to spread
for priestly secrecy. 
Cry softly night 
A humble wash to this frail god 
And slip 
The wretched life beyond 
This narrow bleating broil.

Copyright © Simon Lambert 2000


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Comments: Like a lost sheep crying in the wilderness, this has an Old Testament ring to it, somehow. Nicely done anyway.

Name: RhymeMaster
EMail: rhymer01@thewritersnook.com



Comments: umm- quite a trip you have taken with this piece-
tres interesant n'est pas-

Name: val magnuson EMail: vallmagnuson@poetsporch.com



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