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A daunting press of gifted dreams
          The boyish boasts and sculpted schemes
               Brother, fore, and brother, aft
     Stead to ply their father's craft

Each consecrated to the rest
          A journey spun at hap's behest
               Sad the sojourn, seasons spent
     Demeanor, too, in slow descent

A tattered sheet aside the mast
          The binding brag that held them fast
               A parried genius pawned for pay
     Extorted art, la grande touche'

Spoon-fed faith to temper sins
          God's impressions, yangs and yins
               A sextant set to split the tacks
     Fair, the wind upon their backs

Betting talent - an epoch's wage
          Trust to rust, on scribbled page
               Pride integral, misplaced in time
     A poor man's Eden - a canted rhyme

So ford the moat, up castle's wall
          One faded echo, Caedmon's call
               Expired breath, a sparrow's verse
     To strain the wings of kingly curse

Scabbards crossed and gauntlet down
          Such gallant lads to charge the crown
               The hallowed chapter of gloried tome
     A heart-child lost, now hailing home

Thus ripe with moments to impart
          This rarest seed with callow heart
               A pauper's rhyme thru' all the years
     The sweetest music to my ears ...

A music poured ... to douse the tears.




Written and submitted on February 16, 2019
For the "Music To My Ears" Poetry Contest
Silent One, Judge & Sponsor.

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