YET STILL HE SLEEPS ON
VERY DEEP IN SLUMBER
HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN THE SLEEPING LAIRD?
ARE THE CLAMMY FERNS
HIS RUSTLING VALENCE
DOES THE BURIED ROWAN
WARD HIM FROM EVIL, OR
DOES HE WARD THE TANGLEWOOD.
ARE THE DENIZENS OF THE WOOD
THE STUNTED OAKS OF HIS GNARLED GUARD
OR ARE THEIR KNOTTED LIMBS
STRONG WITH HIS SAP?
DO SMALL BLACK HORSES
GRASS ON THE HUNCH OF HIS SHOULDERS?
ARE THE HILLS HIS COUCH
OR IS HE THE COUCHANT HILLS?
ARE THE SLUMBERED VALLEYS
HIM IN SLUMBER
ARE THE STILL UNDULATIONS
THE STILL LIMBS OF HIM SLEEPING?
IS THE CONFIGURATION OF THE LAND
THE FURROWED BODY OF THE LAIRD
ARE THE SCARRED RIDGES
HIS DENTED GREAVES
DO THE TRICKLING GULLIES
YET DRAIN HIS HOG-WOUNDS?
DOES THE LAND WONT THE SLEEPING LAIRD
OR IS THE WASTED LAND
THAT VERY LAIRD WHO SLEEPS?
*I don’t own the copyright and it is not my own work.” – CJH’25
