The Country Of Long Dead Men Poem by Barry Middleton

'where does one find
the country of long dead men'
From the movie The River 1951

they do not reach for love
they are alone in crowds
they do not need a god
they are the long dead men

I see them all about
defeated by the game
they can no longer feel
they know the final truth

the Universe is God
of everything we see
and God is Universe
and all that we may be

is one life not enough
that each man must decide
we make it what it is
we all create our fate

the land of long dead men
is well beyond the earth
among the silver stars
the soul's eternity