Ed Ellsworth

HEY YOU

Hey you – there – in the darkness
Do you – have a name
Don’t know what I’m feeling here
Should you suffer from the same?
I reasoned my affection
For country-and for fame
Difficulty –
To reside liberated
With out any blame

Hey you – there – in the darkness
Rumbling clouds gather that day
Go home – live
You cannot pass this way
God
Please think!
Just turn – and go away

Hey you – there – in the darkness
A force – is armed and ready
Instant memories – be so dire
A tacit sigh, I will require
Halt
You’re way too close
Order are – that you expire

Hey you – there – in the darkness
Never to know your name
Don’t know how I came to be there
Shadowy nights will inflame
Eternally
Too late – for me
Persuaded your plight was not the same