March 29, 2020

The Reaper

we have no clue who he was

this man now faded into the mist

his life’s echo has fallen silent

it cannot tell us any more of him

this man who did nothing more

than the daily labours of his life

we have no idea what rivers flowed

and where, beneath his yellow hat

as perhaps he was also unaware

he was joyfully observed by another

himself of Earth’s most famous men

After “Wheatfield With Reaper”

by Vincent van Gogh