A Home On The Bayou Poem by Barry Middleton

how many have I seen
the waters slow and dark
that haunted secret paths
that time almost forgot

within the occult swamp
the truth is quite apparent
the home of dinosaurs
reveals the end of time

I learned my lessons there
and now I would return
beneath the cypress dome
where bayou waters flow

for everything must end
everything that lives
looks to the sky one day
the fireball of its death

we like to choose the place
to sleep eternally
I choose the slow black waters
how many have I seen