Jack's Lament (2005)

inspired by the nightmare before christmas

And so, there she was -

Endowed with grace

Clad in silk and flowers

In a golden ornate case

The music poured

As the air was filled with melodic mourning

A rain of rose petals fell from the sky

Ebony crows sprang forth to fly

Figures in sable formed a line

The casket extended closer to heaven

It was the beginning of her time

Passing though to the new land

All eyes were on Catherine

Filled with sorrow and desire

Never did they glance at

that thing of dire

In his grave he tossed and turned

Beweildered from the music that burned

Never had they sung for him

He felt it was their burdened sin

They tread the ground with pounding steps

Careless of what they did next

Knocking over Jack's gravestone

Chilled the empty place in his bones

Dust to dust, ash to ash

Poor old Jack gets treated like trash

All eyes were on glory and grace

Not on something of disgrace

Those bucolic nonentities -

They never had respect for me

Please go away

I don't want to suffer another day

But little did he know...

There was one who wept for Jack

Above his grave stood

The weeping willow