After the ambulance that shakes
The urgent bell that comes and goes
Along the street, the silence wakes
within my heart a million woes.
Outside the silence of my room
I hear the whimper of a leaf
Expanding to the enormous doom
And the whole world engulfed in grief.
The distant dragging of a train
Is a sharp spear within my side;
To-night I carry all the pain
Of mankind once more crucified.
(Douglas Gibson)
More Poetry from Douglas Gibson:
Douglas Gibson Poems based on Topics: Pain, Mankind, Grief, Silence- April Evening (Douglas Gibson Poems)
- Beautiful In The Sun (Douglas Gibson Poems)
- Winter Journey (Douglas Gibson Poems)
- Railway Siding At Night (Douglas Gibson Poems)
- The Secret Dream (Douglas Gibson Poems)
- After Drought (Douglas Gibson Poems)
Readers Who Like This Poem Also Like:
Based on Topics: Pain Poems, Silence Poems, Grief Poems, Mankind PoemsBased on Keywords: engulfed
- Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D. (Jonathan Swift Poems)
- Vision Of Columbus - Book 7 (Joel Barlow Poems)
- By The Seaside : The Building Of The Ship (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems)
- The Turtle And Sparrow. An Elegiac Tale (Matthew Prior Poems)
- The Bas Bleu: Or, Conversation. Addressed To Mrs. Vesey (Hannah More Poems)