BUTCHERS CARVED IN STONE


What do horsemen have to offer
To times that can trample on their own?
Horsemen carved in stone
Can offer as much in human blood
As those who thundered through the mud,
Leaving us behind to survive and suffer.

What do butchers have to take
From times that sacrifice themselves?
The butcher only delves
Deep enough to rend the heart,
While we who practice the healing art
Of poetry must bludgeon it awake.

(repeat)


Words and Music by Galen Green c 1972 (lyric) & 1978 (music)