Orion's Stars

Two faces,

in a way:

parallel.

One face

beneath—

 a roof;

another,

a shadow

of a barrel.

One face,

no fear

of to-

morrow;

another,

no fear

from dying

young.

One face's 

eyes ablaze;

another's 

eyes closed,

never to open again.

One face's

eyes face

northward;

another

claims his

inevitable

reward—

 
one stands,

one lies,

it goes

to show

that these

two faces,

like Orion's

stars,

were but

perpendicular.