To the Raven on the Gravestone

5.1.2024

 

A raven on a gravestone

 

Midnight form

Of feather and bone

At midnight

Contemplating life atoned

Versus a death

Marked forever to be alone

 

To the raven on the gravestone

 

Neither heads nor tails

A future buys

From golden coins

Placed on your eyes

In afterworld or otherwise

So place your values

Place them wise

 

To the raven on the gravestone

 

So hedge your faith

On other things

And pray for help

From angel’s wings

 

Though the raven knows

He has his own

He cannot make

That flight alone

 

To the raven on the gravestone

 

Words of the wise

Of feather and bone

To heed

A choice

But of your own

I’ve shared my voice

I’ve paid my loan

 

To the raven on the gravestone