Saturday, October 10, 2015

IN NO HURRY BUT I HAVE A PRAYER READY



A PRAYER OF THE DEAD

Gravedigger, gravedigger wipe your hands as you walk away,
leave me comfortably sealed in my grave.
The silence is closely held, quiet and consoling,
save for the loss of love and friends yet behind me.

Trainman, trainman leave me be,
found in my seat fast and forever asleep.
Let the tickety tack of wheels over rails cradle my sleep
As love and friendships be my dreams riding with me.

Captain, O captain of the voyage pass my body into the deep.
Allow for no flag or symbol of my life here to cover me,
only let the the love and friendships that nurtured my spirit
follow me to the great depths of the sea.

© M Durfee
10.10.2015
Posted by at
Labels:

13 comments:

  1. ShadowOctober 10, 2015 at 5:19 AM

    Man this is good. This is very very good

    ReplyDelete
  2. Rosaria WilliamsOctober 10, 2015 at 9:36 AM

    Wow! The images are strong and enduring.The last stanza, so telling.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Charles GramlichOctober 10, 2015 at 9:37 AM

    the urge for peace. Did you ever see the Twilight Zone episode called "Willouby!" This reminds me a bit of that.

    ReplyDelete
  4. UnknownOctober 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM

    I so agree. Love and friendships are all we need. I love this, and especially the last stanza. Peace...

    ReplyDelete
  5. ^.^October 10, 2015 at 4:57 PM

    I will follow u in love and friendship into any depths, meouwpapa ... as long as u continue to write awesome poems like this ... omg ... this one of ur best pieces ever, Mark ... so impressed ... Love, cat.

    ReplyDelete
  6. GraceOctober 10, 2015 at 9:22 PM

    Such a lovely prayer as move passing to the other world Mark ~ Let our ashes scatter wide and open to the sky and sea ~

    ReplyDelete
  7. Alice AudreyOctober 10, 2015 at 11:16 PM

    I recently learned from my mother that we can get our bodies cremated for free if we donate them to medical universities. She's already got hers accepted. Only problem is that we have to transport her body 80 miles. They are only willing to go up to 50 to collect.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. the walking manOctober 11, 2015 at 6:14 AM

      Alice i have had my donation card in my wallet for near a decade. If you pay to transport to the nearest morgue within the 50 mile radius (not real expensive) the university will come get the cadaver from there, but I highly recommend you arrange that with a funeral home now as opposed to your times of grief. I do not recommend you transport any cadaver yourself--just remember one of the stipulations for acceptance is no autopsy may be performed on the cadaver or it becomes unacceptable.

      Delete
  8. BlogorattiOctober 11, 2015 at 9:03 AM

    A moving and emotional piece.

    ReplyDelete
  9. sageOctober 11, 2015 at 9:19 PM

    Nice writing, Walking Man!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Erik Donald FranceOctober 12, 2015 at 5:04 PM

    Beautiful. And another one that could be put to music, without question.

    ReplyDelete
  11. the walking manOctober 13, 2015 at 7:22 AM

    All I can say with any clarity is think about this after I am gone and you to will be there with me, even though you may not have yet walked that way, and I will do the same for you all.

    ReplyDelete
  12. jodiOctober 21, 2015 at 8:30 PM

    Mark, this reminds me of the one you wrote for Dane. I love it. xo

    ReplyDelete

So Walking Man I was thinking...

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)