Epitaph - David McWilliams

Fast as the day is winding down

the night dark as a river

a mist before my weary eyes

no saviour to deliver

an empty mask the easel stands

no painter’s breath to help her

no priest to ease her solitude

no Christ to be her shelter

my tainted blood may serve as hate

to those who live in waiting

unborn undead time murdered me

a child of her creating

time like a running tomb pursues

her whispers softly call me

awake me not my dreams are done

let sleep forgive my folly