It's so dark and I'm so
cold and so alone.
No more chance of turning
back or going home.
My head is aching. I
haven't slept for days.
All possessions, I’ve cast
off and set ablaze.
Demons. Lepers. Lions.
Sheep. I've had my share.
Break my limbs. Tear out
my heart. I just don't care.
Old man gallows, you can
take me for a swing.
I won't miss a single
person, place or thing.
Long ago I owned a
mansion. Dined with kings.
Laden with all joys and
pleasures money brings.
At my side the noblest
love a man can know.
Beauty, grace, wisdom,
compassion from her flowed.
Trumpets sounded when she
came to be my bride.
Then one night misfortune
took her from my side.
Curse the gods that drew
her life back to the earth.
Buried with her all my
love and hope and mirth.
Cast my body in the
river, dark and clear.
Let the streams drown all
my screams where none can hear.
I’ll sink low as gentle waters
fill my chest.
In the deep, I shall sleep
and finally rest.
A number of your postings on this blog seem to have a strange and unexpected significance, as though you were semi-consciously channeling the broad undercurrents that flow through the hearts of the people in general. Sometimes this is uplifting and sometimes full of despair. It occurs to me that this talent could develop into genuine, deep spiritual vision in the setting of the Orthodox spiritual discipline. Another way of saying it- no offense- you are less of an atheist than you think...
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That's nothing, just think about how loudly he blows his nose.
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