Mostly, I Would Like to Be Remembered

August 26, 2018

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is sacrifice in honor of Eid al-Adha, which this year is celebrated on August 21-22.

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An epitaph for a wife and mother who sacrificed much but savored so much more:

Mostly, I would like to be remembered

As someone who was passionate for life.

The days of unsought ecstasies are numbered,

However long we linger in the light.

I was one who cultivated wonder,

Less of one contented to explain,

Delighted by the promises of hunger,

Enduring for their joy the years of pain.

Gifts I had aplenty: Some I savored,

Others sacrificed for others' needs.

Remember me as someone who was favored,

Despite constraints, to tumble in the reeds,

Ocean to what winds I could not be,

Nightrider through what worlds I could not see.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Sacrifice

8/20: Eric

8/21: Even as You Sacrifice Yourself

8/22: Selfishness and Selflessness

8/23: Darrin2

8/24: Amanda

8/25: Enduring Passions Are What Change the World

8/26: Mostly, I Would Like to Be Remembered