Perhaps You Think You Never Will Recover

March 10, 2020

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is fate.

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A philosophical name poem for someone who has had to struggle with the burden of a chronically ill older sister:

Perhaps you think you never will recover.

Abysses in your heart disturb your pleasure.

Underneath each sunlit ecstasy

Lie shadows of the fortunes of another,

A fate that's both your burden and your treasure.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Fate

5/9: For What Have You Arrived upon This Shore

5/10: Perhaps You Think You Never Will Recover