Monday, May 4, 2009

A Song For Our Fathers

Give me a dusty pencil, I beg you
and black rocks from the bottom of the sea
and a night to sit and ponder
the song that trails on the tip of the wind
a tribute to the truth and the troubled

this is a song for our fathers
a melody born in the hallways
of simple folk and simple kings
fishing nets placed around their necks
never filled, but never quite empty

lost trails and something a bit more complex
lives painted and processed again and again
this is a song for the snapshots of the past
and the ripples reaching for the future
written in fables and fragile moments
whispered from the tips of our tongues

2 comments:

Tim said...

A well-constructed piece of poetry. I thought the second stanza was particularly well-done.

katy said...

i really enjoyed reading this piece. i should be spending more time here actually. your poems are so easy to read and equally easy to enjoy and to adore.