NGT NGT Poet Didactic

Claykind

A melange of two poems 
We are But Clay and To Yeats


We are but Clay,
Soon to crumble to dust, fade 'way-
After the Cold Hand's call
And the dead bells' knell

We are no more than memories-
Slowly fading to oblivion
As vicious Clay clash like titans
Against the Weaver of Clay strands

The centre cannot hold
There! The Dwelling  gathers mold-
Left to its doom, violated by scavengers 
Who like Judas peck their Mason.

O Spirit! If you were here to behold
Nations a-throat, men in scuffle.
O Yeats! If you beheld our Clay-
Setting in the East, back to Dust.

There weeps the knell
Here forth from Clay steps hell
Given Breathe by Clay’s cupidity-

Doom weighs over Claykind
The latter, like Jezebel, is but having a make-up!

Behold the mask, behold the impostors!
Claykind veiled to conceal scalding faces:
No mourning veils, no remorse
As Clay take another shape!

But Claykind should not forget
That there is but a Titan
In Whose entangling net
We, like strange flu are patiently analyzed.

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Karl Nkecha Safindah October 22, 2013 at 11:49 AM This is a good one Gerald. Proud to say this is from the stables of Cameroon. We may not get recognition, but we write because we are inspired. Keep that pen flowing brother. We will get there one day!

Ako Henshaw October 3, 2013 at 9:07 AM The truth is bitter; things will not always be what they seem. Your lines are catching and language beautiful; congrats on a well written piece. Just curious 've you ever published before? hear from you soon. >>>HENSHAW<<<< NGT NGT October 7, 2013 at 3:53 AM THANKS SO MUCH Ako, I pubished before abroad, but i was not satisfied since i wanted a domestic publication of my poems, am still looking forward to that some day. hearing from you soon too.