Michael Burch Poet Epitaph

Doppelganger

Doppelgänger
by Michael R. Burch
			
Here the only anguish
is the bedraggled vetch lying strangled in weeds,
the customary sorrows of the wild persimmons,
the whispered complaints of the stately willow trees
disentangling their fine lank hair,

and what is past.

I find you here, one of many things lost,
that, if we do not recover, will undoubtedly vanish forever ...
now only this unfortunate stone, 
this pale, disintegrate mass,
this destiny, this unexpected shiver,

this name we share.

Keywords/Tags: doppelganger, namesake, twin, shadow, lookalike, grave, tomb, headstone, inscription, weeds, shiver, recognition, destiny, shared destiny, fate, life, death, cemetery, epitaph, elegy, eulogy, mystery

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