The Days Walk On Beside Me

Look away world
for I belong to all the nameless faces;
we live now in the background
                         of long faded paintings.

Look away you blatant sun
I travel now behind a shadow throng
of the distant disconnected
                                for we have chosen
   to be both apart and together.

Look away you Spanish ladies
the angels have my eyes now,
they delight in being hidden
within thin garments of 
                       sensual disguise.

For my eyes have seen the glory
                                    of the dying;
they have joined me
            for yet awhile,

they look away from any endings,
for they have beheld the beyond
they have sighted the new ones coming; 
clear of eye, 
               bold and blithe are these spirits
                                  
               they walk upon the waters
of that last river, 
              and cross not.
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Taylor Avatar
November 14, 2022 at 8:50 AM
I love this.
Taylor Avatar
November 14, 2022 at 8:50 AM
I love this.
Ashford Avatar
November 14, 2022 at 10:48 AM
Thank you Della. Best EA
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