Death of the poet

The poet writes to someone
or the poet writes to no one
either way the poet writes
and what do poets write about
happy things and sad things
funny things and serious
the death of ancient civilizations
and the birth of little babies
Waiting to hear from his muse
the poet sits still pen in hand
will the voice ever come
or will purgatory call instead
and if the poet ceases to write
the person will live on
it is the death of the poet