The Bell Tolls
A loved one calls out from beyond the grave
Haunting memories of all they crave
Echoing across the village comes a call for care
The bells tolls and breaks the silence of the evening air
Darkness brings home the haunting melody
Notes of the bell that will not set them free
A missing beat that holds their love apart
The bell tolls again and calls out to the heart
A past that both lives and dies preys upon sanity
What is beyond the grave still remains an entity
In the stillness of the night those cries go unheard
The bell tolls again the mind becomes perturbed
A life in death ensures there can be on escape
The words they wished to say now come too late
An eerie web of loneliness binds close the night
The bell tolls and a barn owl shrieks in flight
Bats sense the air by others is now occupied
By wandering spirits that lived but never died
Each stroke is a blow reviving self-made doubt
The bell tolls its never-ending message calls out
The cold black soil binds him underground
The bell tolls but he does not hear the sound
Beyond the Other World may lie the dread
Whilst she lies with another in their bed
Copyright: David Hopcroft April 2024
Park Bench Tales and other writings 