Requiem : A Thought in Passing

Overnight, first ice, then snow,

Not much but enough to move

The pines into a glare of deeper

Distance, covering the old path

That no longer reaches from here

To there where yesterday the eagle

 

Paused for just one still moment

In his passing through my life.

It was shadow that stirred first

And then his white wings lifting,

Rising into the air as these pines

Do now shrugging off their snow.

 

And I think of my father, how he too

Passed into such silence as this; how

In the end both father and son come

Alone and inarticulate to their leaving;

How in the wind at my window I hear

His last words like the rustle of wings.

 





Poetry by countryfog
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Written on 2012-01-12 at 19:20

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shells
Every now and then there is a poem that makes you feel just quiet, thoughtful, an emotive dignified piece that tells of the cycle of life, this is one, I know I will return to it's meaning.
2012-01-13


ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
Winter being rather kind,
Not freezing as forecast ,
Tho expected to become
A little colder in the coming
Days,
So not so bad I'll cope with that ,
Spring not so far away

Each day I think of those who have passed this way ,
I think thus: life is good for the love they gave me,
I think I recall some times quiet tears all but flow,
Then I recall the good times , happy times,
Then I smile

Thank you for you inspiring prose CG
Ken ( D Williams ) ( : - ) )
2012-01-12


Nils Teodor The PoetBay support member heart!
Beautiful words
that touch my heart
2012-01-12