the grave on the roadside

beside the road a grave

a shrine to beg for existence

from passing travellers

on way to their own ends

hoping for a morsel of memory

a flash of thought for the shade

to be stolen from death

if the hadean realm exists

as you rest beside the stone

from which time burnishes

away both a name and grief

give libation for the sake of your own shade

16.09.2019-09.04.2020