The Poetry of
Joshua Gray

 

I Am Gilgamesh
MO: Writings from the River, Volume I, Issue 1, p.47

                                                (Prologue)
I built walls and not one gets through.
I am perfect.

                                                (Enkido)
                  Barbaric-born,
He never did care for this world.
But some harlot lured him forth,
Clothed and offered as my first-born.
I take no blame for his psychosis.

                                                (Humbaba)
Together we tackle the cause,
A lone enigma we cannot
See, hear, touch, but a watchman no
Less, for the large and darkened woods

                                                (Death)
Which lurk too close. Strength is weakened
When shadowed. Love set aside,
I lose desire for his goodwill.
I feel my soul tire with age

                                                (Quest)
As I reach this crisis sooner.
I must search for a plan,
A plan to keep moving like the gods.
Important. Someone. Alive,

                                                (Flood)
Instead of when I almost drowned
Under pressure of weathered life,
A bath among the dead.
In drew Noah with the sun,

                                                (Return)
Its shining arms reached down to grab
My thoughts like a lost tablet
Found, wound me up like an instrument,
For I am King.

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