Friday, April 19, 2019

Poem from Jerry Walls

TO BORROW A TOMB
A tomb is not the sort
Of thing you borrow
Unless you have power
To banish its sorrow.
No, a tomb is never
Merely to borrow
Unless you descend
Into hell to harrow.
So take, Lord, this tomb
You need only borrow
And return it empty
Day after tomorrow.
--JLW