Revenge
The vultures alone
observe me in this cell
my former dear lover
at the bottom of a well
The days of freedom
long have passed me by
my life for vengeance
nary a tear I cry
The hills of Tyburn
are where the dead men sway
in a pine bed
come the morrow will I lay
©Icebear 1996
6 comments:
Another good one. You're very talented. I'm not usually a fan of poetry.
I didn't know if the reference to the Tyburn Triple Tree was to obscure.
Glad you liked it.
Tyburn Triple Tree -obscure! Of course not. What is it?
Tyburn is where the permanent gallows was. The Triple Tree was used to hang many people at once. The pic next to the poem is an old woodcut of it.
Thanks, I like poetry.
very good!
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