Death of the alphabet
26 Cadillac’s
waiting on the street
to carry away
letters of the alphabet
now deceased
from trying to say
what mattered most
but in the end
came up short
and now as careers
shed tears
fighting the urge to write
about the years
each one served a purpose
but understanding
we all have to go sometime
in life, love and rhyme..
Inside the poets
filed by the coffins
to pay respect to letters
often overused
plainly abused
and penned with confusion
to reach the masses
shine in the light.
Someone said
life will never be the same
we will all be lost
without letters to convey
how love comes and goes
how the summer breeze
releases the soul
how life is beautiful
full of strife
and no more will we read
about how mysteries
our invention
are solved to some degree.
26 letters
laid to rest
no longer to be shared
to describe
mountains, rivers and oceans
myths and far-off lands
once penned with hands
that believed each letter
formed into words
would somehow change
our enemies
and freedom would ring
loud and clear.
