Sacha Hayes O'Grady Poems

All earthly life is rearranged,
While the heavens remain unchanged,
Stars rise, though we ourselves expire,
And to soil our souls retire.
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The endless streets are filled with drones,
Chattering on their mobile phones,
Who talk, and yet have naught to say,
Twittering all their lives away,
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As a solitary rose suspended
On the curtain of night, she shines, lit
By the impassioned flames of her keen heart,
With luxurient wings vibrating;
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The constellations keep their time
Like some mad poet lost in rhyme,
Whose thoughts from star to star do fly,
Bright visions which can never die.
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To be remembered for an age,
If as a poet, or a sage,
What atmosphere within my mind,
The dimming day and dusk will find,
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PART I

What are these orbs, pervading night,
So far beyond our natural light,
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While on my walk I saw a rose,
Although it did not notice me,
Whose petals were inclined to pose
As noble as could noble be.
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Give me my winter full of rain,
With frost upon the window pane,
Collecting firewood by day,
Listening to every word you say.
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Amid the awful multitude,
Must I endure every day,
A city without solitude,
Like organisms on our way.
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How cruel this in which we live,
Where humans take more than they give:
For it is now a corporate weed,
On which our politicians feed,
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