This 1 Is For and On Behalf of You and Countless Others
Tonight i come i write as not me
but for thee
With fashioned , gifted , borrowed ,
lender pen
On behalf of or partial to other's
those who no longer , longer nigh
As raven , ashen , dust , decaying
are they having had their life their
day in earthly court
So if yee dead have something
wished for i to say
Then speak through me drive my
hand force my pen your story tale
to tell , lest it be left untold
Tell me of the very moment a tear
drowned trickle beaming smilling
upon your face
Whence i your first born baby
entered exited head a first
What joy it was or felt to be
a father of a new born innocent
infant birthed
To witness wife as mother screaming
crying tears of joy handed cradling
child on breast so close and tender
to chest
Tonight i write impartial on and
for the family swelling tree's behalf
As fallen leaf in felling autumnal
setting each leaf asides
Like only running water son or
daughter , mother , father can
like water the influence of ink
doth feel
For love of one another once
crosses tears apart
Till sitting in a garden shed
in silent contemplation is
the only hobby worth of
consequent
Once stationery becomes one
tool swapping spade for pen
in a den of ubiquity
And the waterfall the quill still
wetting is fallen fateful closely
met
With imagery to overcome and
match said sorrow both head
to head and face on face
Terminating in everlasting , restful
grace for all and everyone no less
blessed
Copyright © Christopher Flaherty | Year Posted 2020
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