The Writes of Long Ago

We were schooled on verse and etiquette On verbs and nouns and predicates We grew to know the masters That had written long before But now, as time has gone so by To books? Kids, these days, don’t give the eye They know not of the famous writes The ones, we do adore Pray tell that they not disappear Those classic writes, that’s what I fear To oblivion I dare not wish These classic writes to go Although, through time,words have changed And life for us has rearranged But, from those writes we still can take What we truly need to know As dreams were penned in blood, not ink Thirst quenched for us by offered drink A chalice of words, through lips they flow Of the writes of long ago So take from them, borrow, inhale Breathe in the truths,let them prevail Allow the words, through you, to flow Of the writes of long ago Let not them go The writes of long ago