Church bells ring
In a life so real it must be a dream
Of the Nomad they speak from
Ill-conceived perspectives
To him, their words keen
They understand not
The ways of the Vagabond thought
The need of the road to tread
Underfoot, the life for him
Their words have bought
“Outcast” cry!
But, oh, his pallet so dry
To face their scorn to quench
His need, yet his spirit he watches
As it doest twist and writhe
The start of him
Created by memories, now dim
For once his, now lost and will
Never be replaced, he was given no
Chance to explain for his sin
Sickness and death
Took his love, in her had beget
In this nightmare where he dwells
He set her free at the well
On his shoulders he carries his debt
His pain clearly seen
And scorn from them he doest glean
As he seeks to yet wake
Or be his life that he take
The end of his horrible dream