The Poems of David Garlick
When the time comes take my ashes, scatter them upon a hill, where the tall trees greet the morning and the setting sun as well. Where their warm and heavy branches fill the air with heavenly scent. There to lie at peace with all things. There to find eternal rest. In Summers scented comfort, beneath […]
It doesn’t really hurt that much but bells and gongs and people dash, to help a failing muscle pump, that has been tortured by neglect. I do not sit around and mope. I do not laze upon the beach. I do not overeat or drink. I do not smoke or swallow pills. Why then this […]
We were close, more than friends, for a while. Not lovers, too young but I loved you. So strong, so lithe, so beautiful to watch cleaving water in dive or languid stroke. Loved you with look and thought, never words. Too frightened to speak, afraid to lose you but we wove our hands and I […]