Free Ernest Melville Poem by Leighton J Rees

Await them in town, to arrive from sea
Those who glow amidst war misery
With minds like mine, sure there are more
Yet honest tongues are few

Mocked once for passion, ridiculed
What's insane to you, to me is true
Born too soon, attract anger from many
They act like they don't want it too

From '49 to this here day, justice has always slipped away
I'm still here, eternal
Look in the moon
My darlings I was just like you

Ignorance was what left me for dead
I still see it now, in a hate filled few

Until they leave I cannot rest
Peace is my one last requisite
Last orders for me shall remain unheard
Until they change their views