Skeletons in the Closet

Sealed away forever with the closing of a lid
Long-forgotten secrets strewn with dreams whose time has past
Bound with broken promises, lie moldering amid
Buried bones in boxes, in a yard that has amassed

Long-forgotten secrets strewn with dreams whose time has past.
Strollers in this grove of graves walk over much more than
Buried bones in boxes, in a yard that has amassed
Sepulchers containing what was and what might have been.

Strollers in this grove of graves walk over much more than
Cold cadavers resting in their horizontal cells
Sepulchers containing what was and what might have been-
Echoes of Elysium or private little hells.

Cold cadavers resting in their horizontal cells
Bound with broken promises, lie moldering amid
Echoes of Elysium or private little hells
Sealed away forever with the closing of a lid.

© November 14, 2004 by Allan M. Heller