What Shall they say in demise? <br />Shall trumpet roar, and drummers blare <br />the country’s pain upon their snare? <br />Shall roses pour into the wind <br />to mark my legendary end? <br />Shall mourners line the city streets <br />to watch my coffin’s dark retreat? <br />When banners fill these western skies <br />what shall they say in my demise? <br /> <br />How shall they weep upon my fall? <br />Will mothers scream and daughters wale? <br />Will Widows moan beneath their veil? <br />Will Fathers curse and brothers sob <br />amidst the sullen, angry mob? <br />Will preachers pray to understand <br /> the brittle, fragile life of man? <br />Shall tears consume a million eyes? <br />What shall they say in my demise? <br /> <br />What utterance will grace their lips? <br />Shall friends recant my noble deeds <br />while Catholics rub their rosary beads? <br />Will politicians all condone <br />The grace I wielded from my throne? <br />Shall glory and brilliance exclaim <br />from every mouth that speaks my name? <br />“Another Vain King shuts his eyes” <br />Are words they’ll spew in my demise!<br /><br />Hiram Sims<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-shall-they-say-in-my-demise/
