ANCESTORS

My ancestors are standing in my hospital

room right now tonight

Larger than life

Tall-darkened shadowy

Giants in the Earth

Just milling around

A whole bunch of them

yet only a dozen

What for?

“Wait outside” I say

They pay

Absolutely no attention to me

Slowly they tire and meander away

Not today

Maby another day

But hey

They’re ancestors

Dressed sorta different aren’t they?

Quiet

Unspoken immigrant-like

Heavy long woolen coats

Top hats

A motley bunch preceding me

A Gathered apparition round me

“Giants in the earth”

Perhaps waiting

Watching

Beckoning

“Not today.

Not today I say.”

They slowly

Mill away

One smiled and winks

“Soon my friend

Soon!”

And I sleep.

tom tenbrunsel

Poet Laureate of the Vast Unknown

Author’s Note: A dream or premonition?

Show me one person that likes poetry😉

Understands the lesson legend of the poet, loves, understands, internalizes, takes the poets bait? One? Two? Tommy😎