Mortality Poems
Semper Ego Solus
by Richard Johnson
I stand now
in the kingdom of heaven
Twiddling my thumbs wondering
When I’ll come back down
To the east falls the red sun
Under it, sand billows and vents
Reminiscing two crumbling feet
A crown for bloodlines since run
Know that I sit here unburdened
......
Death
by Josh Lyndon
What if i died today?
Would you miss me?
Would you cry?
Look to the heavens screaming why?
Would you be sad?
Would grief drive you mad?
Why avoid questions on mortality?
This is life's brutal reality.
Would you ask how I died?
Or talk about how hard i tried?
......
Jacobite
by Richard Johnson
Accept that you’re alone
Come now Mr Jones
And in your kingdom of the sane
Where preachers struggle to find a vein
I thought it made me a man
To have fools paint my hands
Memories taken by unsavoury hosts
I forgot their names so I named them ghosts
I apologise
......
Semper Ego Solus
by Richard Johnson
I stand now
in the kingdom of heaven
Twiddling my thumbs wondering
When I’ll come back down
To the east falls the red sun
Under it, sand billows and vents
Reminiscing two crumbling feet
A crown for bloodlines since run
Know that I sit here unburdened
......
Jacobite
by Richard Johnson
Accept that you’re alone
Come now Mr Jones
And in your kingdom of the sane
Where preachers struggle to find a vein
I thought it made me a man
To have fools paint my hands
Memories taken by unsavoury hosts
I forgot their names so I named them ghosts
I apologise
......
Death
by Josh Lyndon
What if i died today?
Would you miss me?
Would you cry?
Look to the heavens screaming why?
Would you be sad?
Would grief drive you mad?
Why avoid questions on mortality?
This is life's brutal reality.
Would you ask how I died?
Or talk about how hard i tried?
......
