Deep exhaustion
Of feeling alone
As represent
Gilded throne:
Where is knight –
Beloved King?
Empty halls echo
Now silent things.
The mice – they scurry,
Crows call from lofts:
Memories caress as
Abandoned thoughts
Where souls of worth
Once stood for truth,
And eternity’s youth
Embraced the earth.
(November 1, 2020)
