my gods and ghosts are acquainted
walking side by side, hand in hand in accord,
they wear familiar clothes and hold common cause
to weigh the balance of my life’s account,
they will be my final executors, dispersing bone and ash
across my homeland and treasured places,
a man should never meet his gods or ghosts
for they transcend his base mortality
know his future, his chances, his failures
yet to come
when a man senses his gods and ghosts
are near he should be mindful,
something is sure to happen
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© Graham R Sherwood 12/21
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