dead poets hymn

 ive been out at dusk

hanging sheets above the dust
time has me fleeing

opening graves praying forsaking
singing the sinful psalms
that keep my heart bleeding

putting the nails into there place
covering barren ground autumn leaves
falling for the grieving vigil kept


by a blissful happy people
an moonlight spritling
water sprinkling everpresent death

i heard marlowe right here
in this unmarked common grave
as if no passion withdrew breath

from the name,and exiled ovid
who knows where hes left
some unknown edge

of augustus express,between bitterness
only kept for the best and where i lay arms
at virgils tomb owls keeping the moonlight

absent from its hue,all historical sources
may be untrue but the way dante smiled
when he saw it he knew


all buried poets all residue
all patriots in these archways
go through and away


from hearts at a grasp
that whether making you
cry or if making you laugh


from a low sustained sigh
or a whimpering lip
to a wind that sets sail

the classiest ships
let nothing prevail
no finer dirt strewn

around where i read them
growing roses to show
the hearts where i left em

my ship stops there too!!!

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