Deathrow Welshmen Sometimes Tick
Has time stopped?
It surely has
Since all words come from the past
If we could
Utter only monosyllables
Or stop talking at all
Then war most brutal
Might end for good
Our chance of life
Reawakened
By those who drowned
Without knowing
The true silence
Of peace
Or true purpose
Of life, of love
Which all who suffer it
Can only guess
The meaning of
And, guessing, weep
Who knows how long?
Has time stopped?
Have grey hairs ceased
To whiten
Or the eyes that dimmed
Remembrance
Of unuttered joys
Been closed in sleep
For all memorial?
Has time stopped?
Once through the mire
The dawning light
Burns a new path
That draws us on
Through time's salt-marsh
To deltas new
Beyond death's reach
Where what was won or lost
Is meaningless
To all the strident ghosts
Who moan nearby
Their yesteryears' laments
Has time stopped?
Or are we travelling faster?
The staging posts
Where moan the priests
Of divers cults
Seem older still
I must slay my demons
Or tame them
As I tame thee
| Contributors: | P, Grayman, The Agent Apsley, TG, Spawn of Rippy, Mario, El Tel. |
| Poem finished: | 17th August 1999. |