09-24-2021, 06:53 PM
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Hi busker,
just wanted to add to the general round of applause.
The only (ever so slightly) weak point for me was 'against the sky'
(oh, alright, if you insist, and the 'but now')
Just because ...
As a child…
I was afraid of ghosts
in fig trees, yew trees,
of willows like fountains
of tears in the gathering darkness.
And I was afraid of bones
picked clean. of water
churned green. of Sorrow
that hung from a rope
in the branches
against the sky,
of the white wide eyes
of children asking why -
knowing it was all a lie, now
I’m afraid there are no ghosts
in the gathering darkness.
Best, Knot
.
Hi busker,
just wanted to add to the general round of applause.
The only (ever so slightly) weak point for me was 'against the sky'
(oh, alright, if you insist, and the 'but now')
Just because ...
As a child…
I was afraid of ghosts
in fig trees, yew trees,
of willows like fountains
of tears in the gathering darkness.
And I was afraid of bones
picked clean. of water
churned green. of Sorrow
that hung from a rope
in the branches
against the sky,
of the white wide eyes
of children asking why -
knowing it was all a lie, now
I’m afraid there are no ghosts
in the gathering darkness.
Best, Knot
.