Tuesday, June 6, 2023

The Grey Cairns

 

It’s cold in the cairn – five-thousand-years cold;

As cold as history, as cold as death.

Outside, the birds are prophesying spring;

Inside, it’s quiet; you can see your breath.

 

Even the ghosts are old in such a place;

They speak in whispers, haunted by themselves.

Here is the relic of some ancient race:

A thousand heavens, and as many hells.

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