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Dark Poetry #4

At the Cemetery

CastleGuard
Senior Member

since 2003-04-30

Posts 760
Alberta, Canada

0 posted 2004-06-03 01:44 PM

At the Cemetery

What spires rise up to where the unknown looms!
But a church, where the living greet the dead,
Is this silent guardian of the tombs.
And here the marble faces can be read
On rows of headstones grey; stand attention,
As some half-reclining knights claim denial
Of own inconstancy; in contention
For the glory of the final trial.
But the chiseled, naked letters follow
Paths no longer polished, as they trace
The gritty tears of sand and sorrow,
That fade the name from the marble face:
For the grinding wheel of Time effaces bone
Of Man as merrily as hardened stone.

CG

[This message has been edited by CastleGuard (06-03-2004 03:19 PM).]

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

1 posted 2004-06-03 10:00 PM

CG

You never cease to amaze me. I was surprised to see one of your poems in here after reading your wonderful romantic poems in Open. Thank you for sharing your immense talent.

Take care.........Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

CastleGuard
Senior Member

since 2003-04-30

Posts 760
Alberta, Canada

2 posted 2004-06-04 01:22 AM

Thank you, Sue, for the words of appreciation.
Frankly, I was not sure if I should post this kind of a poem in Open, or here - then decided for here, even though it gets lets traffic.

I write in different styles of poetry, even though the Love/Romance type of poems are my favorite. At the least, they appear to attract fair number of responses.

Thank you again, Sue.

CG

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