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Folk Song

Working on my first folk song

 

My demons are many

My angels are few

and the time for redemption

is long overdue

For the songs that we sang

from that merciless pew

were just words from an old

dying tome

But the gates of the garden

are opened at last

and an old voice is calling

me home

 

So to all of my critics

and all of my friends

I’ve loved every one of you

time and again

But the wheel must turn

from beginning to end

and my time with you

is now fading

For the darkness that

soon overshadows us all

will not long be keeping

me waiting

 

And finally I must

in good conscience proclaim

that the gods that divide us

are one and the same

And it matters not much

if we call them by name

for the names that we praise

are illusion

For the gods resonate

in reflections of men

and within we will

find absolution

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patrick-mcfarland
American
Published
Jan 21, 2014
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