MARBLES

01 December 2014

Unrequited Funeral

I go to a funeral each day   

I am the widow dressed in black

My tears always neat in place

I light a candle to squandered love

 

I got a rooster as a pet

To wake me at the break of dawn

Stop dreaming widow he’ll crow

We have a funeral today

 

I drizzle us with my perfume

Give us a polish and a shine

He grabs my leash and off we go

We have a funeral today

 

Respectfully we bow our heads

Follow the coffin at a slow pace

Then watch resigned as it descends

Deeper and deeper every day

  

Flightless flying multi-feathered valentine

Lost from the loss of the unfound