Hopes Of Yore

Silence washed ashore 
with spring's final showers 
his fate is sealed 
gallows ablaze amidst the lake 

All souls to plead 
for hopes of yore 
All souls to plead 
in the hands of the oar 

tear-shot eyes deplore 
the piercing cries of yore. 
blood-shot cries ignore 
the deep-drawn sighs offshore 
blood-shot cries fall on deaf ears 
tear-shot eyes gaze at dead fears