David Walker Poet Free verse

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Bequeathed

Bequeathed
David J Walker

What do you want of mine
Dear daughter
As the father of you 
And your brother
I resign my calendars 

To you I give the memories
Of your mother 
Fed at the fountains 
Of her breast  And the rest 
of her unused yarn 

What do you want of my time
A better childhood 
Or if I could
A shower of silver and gold
To fill the soul of empty pockets 

To you I leave my worldly goods
To sell to the buyers
Of filigree 
The shadows of 
Chimeric desires 

What do you want of mine
As tender of the garden
That flowered in the Rich compose 
of everyday opportunity harvested in the 
Warning of the old clocks chime

I would leave with you my love
And trust you would 
return me to the dust 
that I may again be part of 
the richness 
of my birthright

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