07.23.08

Survivor

Posted in Poetry tagged , , , , , , at 1:38 pm by thesleepingtypewriter

Sitting patiently at the little wooden desk

Ignoring the wobbly legs

The scribe scratches noiselessly over the page

Copying down the black past.

 

The day, creeping further back into the past

Relives the torment of time

As the memories flow from his battered quill pen

And desperately cling to the page.

 

The parchment is curling and brown at its edge

Yellowing as the years pass

But still he writes faithfully over its length

Doing the duty of Death.

1 Comment »

  1. keshuvko said,

    Nice one.
    Yes, death is the polar truth and everybody does the duty of death– knowingly or unknowingly. :)


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