Like Three Musketeers Poem by Leonard Dabydeen

Eyes sharp as swords

vigilante Athos

powerful Porthos

cautious Aramis

sabre-like prancing in the back-yard

grandpa watch with visionary eyes

smoking his cigarette

coffee-cup gripped firmly in his hand

can’t let go of this drink

as they dart swiftly around the shed

tumbling bits and pieces of dead wood

these tall trees are innocent of their dead

they holler at each other

echoing their togetherness

one for all

all for one

like three Musketeers

grandiose joy in freedom

watching grandchildren growing up.