Monday, December 13, 2021

Escape Africa (9)

 

9. Old Fort Road:



There is a ghost lingering at the bottom of Old Fort Road



A highwayman, a traveler, a rogue



My pen is broken, my hand is frozen



When asked what he is I answered is human not enough?



Family told stories change with time



His generosity and charity differ



His gratitude and appreciation differ



His found freedom written with thought and with feeling



His love of the love but not of its evil



He wrote unto the unknown:



I can heal for those who may



I can steal for other who may not



I stand motionless as per the need



Eluding those blinded by greed



I am never enough, I am erosion and intrusion



I was cut in life to return as illusion



Come the night when the giant awakes to our world felled
apart by change of futures uncertain in age



Closed unto slumber is the post office door when brings
the howling night winds to mourn



Gone now the fear of being afraid and alone



Standing before the ghost of Old Fort Road

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