as i wax older
memories get stronger
ghosts get bolder
their haunting, longer
whispers always been are getting louder
this world seems much less real
the spiritual that much prouder
trying less to conceal
but woe the strength that once was mine
the strings i used, strong as twine,
to attach 'n bind to Supernal Mind
have fled 'n left me crippl'd 'n blind
i knock on a door feeble 'n lame
shivering reed, battered, ashamed,
stutter as i've forgotten his name,
i lean, exhausted, on door-frame
beyond i sense a thousand souls
connected with mine that reached their goals
deeply embarrassed I curl up inside
but now there's nowhere, nowhere to hide
is there anything, anything at all
that'll allow me to stand up proud and tall,
to emigrate to yon Elysian Fields
as body surrenders to dust and yields
May 31, 2021
May 31, 2021 at 7:23 AM UTC
as i wax older
memories get stronger
ghosts get bolder
their haunting, longer
whispers always been are getting louder
this world seems much less real
the spiritual that much prouder
trying less to conceal
but woe the strength that once was mine
the strings i used, strong as twine,
to attach 'n bind to Supernal Mind
have fled 'n left me crippl'd 'n blind
i knock on a door feeble 'n lame
shivering reed, battered, ashamed,
stutter as i've forgotten his name,
i lean, exhausted, on door-frame
beyond i sense a thousand souls
connected with mine that reached their goals
deeply embarrassed I curl up inside
but now there's nowhere, nowhere to hide
is there anything, anything at all
that'll allow me to stand up proud and tall,
to emigrate to yon Elysian Fields
as body surrenders to dust and yields
BLT's Merriam-Webster Word of The Day Challenge
#emigrate