June 3, 2018
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is mourning in honor of Memorial Day, which was
celebrated on May 28th.
I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com
.
A poem about the role of a friend in the process of
mourning:
I would not be the sun to end your
night,
Nor would I be the
wall to turn your tears.
But I will watch
with you until it's light.
Because there are
no words to set things right
Nor hopes that one
immersed in mourning hears,
I would not be the
sun to end your night,
Offering a wisdom
far too bright
To soothe your pain
or put to rest your fears.
But I will watch
with you until it's light.
There must be time
to grieve that sorrow might
Be equal to the
love of days and years.
I would not be the
sun to end your night.
For grief, before
it breaks, must reach its height,
And tides must turn
before one homeward steers.
But I will watch
with you until it's light.
There are agonies
no friendship can requite,
A bitterness
unstained till dawn appears.
I would not be the
sun to end your night.
But I will watch
with you until it's light.
© by Nicholas Gordon
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This week’s theme: Mourning
6/1: Buddy
6/3: I Would Not Be the Sun to End Your Night
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