Best Ossuary Poems
OssuaryThere high on an outcrop of sun bleached rock
A skull and bone house please no feign of shock
Resting a place following the charnel house of life
Layered guests welcomed from past time be it husband or wife
No names all lost even an alias a Smith...
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Categories:
ossuary, allegoryhouse, house,
Form:
Couplet
OssuaryStone staircase winds down into gloomy murk
Curtain of cobwebs festoon ancient door
Spiders abode well hidden yet, they lurk
Curiosity wins, cannot ignore.
Silence profound as darkness invades light
Ossuary resides behind portal
Hollow eyes empty, sadness at their plight
Realisation I am mere mortal.
Labyrinth of catacombs under street
Untold stories like...
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Categories:
ossuary, grave, imagery,
Form:
Sonnet