Mortalise

Mortalise 

i will mortalise their lives
i will crystalise them in a book
and it shall always be there
for whenever we want to take a look
it is left for me and us
soon we will be doing well
climbing the stairs of life
i will mortalise their words
in a poem that i will write today
and though the ink may fade
those words will never go away
as long as i have my stone jade
locked into my guides
normally, normal people do not see them
i can't but i know they are there
in the daytime, in my dreams
i will mortalise them in a poem
that i will write sometime tomorrow
i may forget, maybe
i was lucky,
my imaginary friends grew with me
each week goes by
catching my soul behind my old eyes
but the fires keep out the cold
so my soul never dies
i will mortalise everything
i will mortalise myself in my words

James Garratt - July 1995

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