Stephen Wilson-Floyd Poet Free verse

Should I Not Be Found Alive

Sty all your bodied waters
And libelous pretensions.
Hang leather headed juries
Beside some tethered eddies.

Drown me down
In new baptismal rivers.
Spread eagle me upon
Some granite black outcroppings.

And let my liver ribbon 
From beaks of shadowed ravens.
Let my thigh bones 
Fossil on the rocks.

Should I be buried under
When cliffs calf shuddered thunders,
No words of prayer be spoken
Just leave and let me be.

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Tidy Desk April 14, 2021 at 1:07 AM I love this, "let my thigh bones fossil on the rocks" good work.

J Hamilton Gist April 4, 2018 at 3:12 PM Deep one, right here.

Oliver Furlong January 17, 2018 at 4:18 PM Stephen, this is an excellent piece of writing, it had me totally engaged. You have a unique way of using imagery mingled with a lovely creative use of the English language. I shall be looking up your other works, and look forward to more.

Bl Devnath January 11, 2018 at 11:43 AM Sometimes mind becomes block due to certain inconsumable situation my friend. Well done hidden angst my lovely friend. Loved always, bl

Daniel Schack January 9, 2018 at 3:34 PM me, myself, and I and probably some other malcontents can relate to this one. beautifully done. see mine on poetrysoup for daniel schack. hope to get a comment or two. be well.

Old Buck January 9, 2018 at 1:08 PM Stephen: It's not that I would disagree with this, it just sounds harsh as I read it, written down in such graceful form, such a harsh scene. Thanks for allowing all of us on the soup to share in it. oldbuck

Sherry Beck January 9, 2018 at 12:49 PM Powerful!

David William Breidenthal November 24, 2017 at 10:29 PM Great poem :^) beautifully written.

Zed Zed November 24, 2017 at 3:57 PM Quality...