and he said

And he said…

By

Bryan
Sanctuary 1962-63 High School

I
ask you brother…

“What
do you feel when all in a rush

People
trample you down not

Giving
a damn or caring or

Thinking
just going

And
saying ‘to

Hell
with that

Someone,
he’s

Just
a

No-one

And
I’m better

Than
him, cuz I’ve got

What
it takes’, and sudden,

Too
soon, you’ve left all alone,

With
nothing but thoughts of what they

Have
done

                  As you

                              Lie in

                                       Your
grief.”

I ask
you sister,

“What can you say when you’re
left in the

World by men who don’t care,
even

You so fair, with eyes full of

Tears, your face soft

And mild and

Your womb

Full with

Child.

Once what

Was love is now

Cold and so old, and you

Find that their truth is bent
like

Your back

                                                                          Which
you

Tried to keep

                                      Straight.”

I’ll
tell you both now,

“Love for yourself, be
selfish, be

Cruel, take what is yours.

And when you have

Done find some-

one to love.

And love

With

Your mind

 Grasp each other’s

 Soul and keep it for you, say

‘to hell with the world” and “let
there be peace.”