Word & Question, Again

I promise I'm working on prose things too. But until they are ready, I want to make sure I get this one up before the end of the month.

Word: Inheritance
Question: What was your first concert?

Inheritance

"Come along," said my roommates

So we did, my lady and I

Across the border, into another state

To hear songs I didn't know too well

A few I did, "Broken Road" for one

Before it was stolen by others to sell

And turned into a country song

They saved the best for last, of course

Played Bojangles for their encore

And a song by that other Band

The plain one, without the Nitty and Gritty

"The Weight" with a bit of Dirt thrown in

An inheritance of song followed us home

Back across the border, through a blinding storm

My lady at rest upon my shoulder

Paying a Debt

I owe some old Word & Question entries. The answers to the questions are hidden. The first is, I think, the better and more important of the two, though I am not completely satisfied. It feels unfinished.

In the Silence After the Rain

Beneath the wide and starry sky

Together we lie, my lover and I

In the mists that follow the rain

With soft caress and fleeting sigh

Our love we give, our life to die

In the silence after the rain

Word: Silence

Question: What's your favorite season?

 

Ascetic Verses

Bare the wall that held the door

Coarse the wood and cold the floor

Upon the stones he stood and prayed

While all around the demons played

A silent war, a hidden rage

For souls they fought upon the stage

For priests and brothers, sisters, daughters

Sons and mothers, virgins, lovers

For holy sinners, drunks and whores

Dramas won on silent shores

Battles joined for hidden stores

The ascetic fights a wordless war

Word: Ascetic
Question: Dare I enter?