PM - A Western Ballad by Allen Ginsberg

The poem below is by Allen Ginsberg who was well known and liked in the US. See his website for more details

When I died, love, when I died
my heart was broken in your care;
I never suffered love so fair
as now I suffer and abide
when I died, love, when I died.

When I died, love, when I died
I wearied in an endless maze
that men have walked for centuries,
as endless as the gate was wide
when I died, love, when I died.

When I died, love, when I died
there was a war in the upper air:
all that happens, happens there;
there was an angel by my side
when I died, love, when I died.



Allen Ginsberg (3 June 1926 – 5 April 1997 / Newark, New Jersey)