THOU SHALT NOT

(In honor of William Blake)

Your quest was futile

In your garden of love

Your reading of the writings

On the door-posts of the chapel

Inspired your impulse to rebel against the great command

THOU SHALT NOT

Mayest I to thee speak as thou deserves

Thou shalt not !

For it is written

Thou shalt not!

Hurray to them who violate the strong words of bondage

Thou shalt not

For ye that hindreth with wings spread like eagle

Knowest thou too that…

Thou shalt not

In gardens pretty and fair

In climes watered by goodness

In temples tempered by mercies

In sanctuaries sanctified by blood

Thou shalt not

The dogs are on high

Sittting in spaces spared by spirits

And the small cord lay waiting

Yet…

Thou shalt not

Even the oh dog

Roaring like a lion

Clad in meek apparels

Deserves thou the benevolence of…

Thou shall not

Now hurray to Him

Who ostracized the strongman

That shut many

In the sanctuary of defeat

Thou shalt not

Thou shalt not…

Thou shalt not

Dubious and neutral

Lending thyself to all who must harken

Thou shalt not… yes in thy days

Thou shalt not… and thy spouse

Thou shall not…thy offspring generations ahead

Thou shall not… the works of thy hands

Hurray to Him…. Who abated thee

THOU SHALT NOT