who or what waits down old Abbey’s road —
from here, to seek the err of Sydney’s beautiful song?
Why do the roses and thistles
sense I’ve been gone too long?
I feel your essence before you cry —
like mourning, before the tears roll down the eyes
Sense with me —
as the neck guides the collar,
as the mind guides the eyes to see,
as our words guide the only light, we carry through defeat.
Trust in me —
I know the sights of these troubled times.
And in the closing minutes
of embers’ end,
I say a plea for poet’s justice:
give the smoke a reason, and the reason its notice.
who or what waits down old Abbey’s road —
from here, to seek the err of Sydney’s beautiful song?
Why do the roses and thistles
sense I’ve been gone too long?
I feel your essence before you cry —
like mourning, before the tears roll down the eyes