THESE ARE THE SONGS
FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

A poem

and for those who will not die
for those who walk for those who run
in the leaves and the puddles in the snow and the sand
these are the songs for the children
who do not walk in the dark
these are the songs for the children
who have walked in the dark
to find the way to walk out of the dark.
this I will say to them
that they are not alone in the dark
this I will say to those
who are alone in the dark
this is me who was
with the dead and the living
this is me who was in the dark
this is me who hasn’t walked out.
you are not alone in the dark
I am here and there are plenty of us
we walk we run we dance we breathe
I’m here and it’s not the end

it’s not the end until it’s the end
the dark is not the worst place to be
the end is not the worst place to be
fear is the worst place to be

Go back to: Dramaturgical Materials of “The Dragonslayers”

Published on 23 November 2015