Earth Awake! And Pull This Body Down Poem by Paddy J. P. Harris

Earth awake! And pull this body down
Into your dank and muddy dungeon lair.
Disfigure that lifeless face that used to frown
On foul natured deeds, but smile upon the fair.
Unknot those muscle sinews, tight and strong,
Those were the arms and tools of a gentleman
That kept us safe through troubles hard and long,
With brave calm words that would all worries ban.
His noble happy smile lives on still,
Though sailed across the starlit sea, to peace.
So keep this outworn frame, to us it’s nill,
Except a spring of grief that shall not cease.
For now he keeps his watch upon us each,
Whispering secrets that the angels teach.