Charles Darnell Poems

There they go!
I knew it would happen.
They were hanging around
Pecking at the surface
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A murder of crows
Feast on another kind.
The dried gore
A new dinner
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In my long sleep.
Cover me with
The warmth of earth.
Grow sweet lilies
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The guests surround me now,
Here, on this special day.
The priest prays his litany,
Tradition of long years.
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I

Lord,
Thou art God and I Thy servant,
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I recall with clarity
So bright I shade
My mind’s eye.
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Father,
I offer this confession in answer to the purpose of my life.
You sent me in your love before your people
To show them a path to Heaven.
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Coffee sits cold on the kitchen counter.
I turn the pages of the paper,
Reading just the headlines.
The house is quiet,
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Beneath a cold sea,
Fathoms down,
She settled long ago.
Breathing water is unnatural
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-And the sea shall give up her dead
Rev 20: 13

You rock gently on the sand,
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