<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413642" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Cathedral Close for Friend Ben Gieske</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When night falls on Cathedral Close.<br>The square is thronged by quiet ghosts<br>Who line the square on every side<br> their graves left empty yawning wide.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What is it that they hope to find? <br>Some salve to give them peace of mind <br>Why do they stand in silent ranks? <br>and seek to clear their memory banks.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sins which will not let them sleep<br> the guilty secrets which they keep, <br>weigh on the conscience heavily.<br>and won’t be rid of easily. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When twilight falls the dead arise.<br>Each from the grave he occupies<br> and gather in Cathedral Close.<br> They seek forgiveness I suppose.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When morning breaks they flee in fright<br> they fear the coming of the light.<br> Cathedral close lit by the sun<br> is quite empty the ghosts have gone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Back to their graves where they must wait <br>and in the darkness meditate.<br>Upon the sins they won’t confess<br> In agonising sleeplessness.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If only they would realise <br>within themselves forgiveness lies.<br>They do not need to stand in rows<br> When night falls on Cathedral Close.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Triumphantly they could take flight<br> and wing their way towards the light.<br>They should have done so long ago<br>. But guilt refused to let them go.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Why do they stay when they are free<br> to me it is a mystery <br>Why do they haunt Cathedral close? <br>They know no better I suppose.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413642" data-title="Cathedral Close for Friend Ben Gieske de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="When night falls on Cathedral Close. The square is thronged by quiet ghosts Who line the square on every side their graves left empty yawning wide. What is it that they hope to find? Some salve to give them peace of mind Why do they stand in s..."></div> </div> </div>

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