Roses And Rain

 

Surely some revelation is at hand

     W. B. Yeats, "The Second Coming"

 

 

 

After the scriptures of loss and redemption,

Our separate prayers and the shared chalice,

As we each make our way to gather as one

 

Where covered mounded earth is set aside,

All our remembering now speechless silence,

Beneath the low clouds still as monuments,

 

Back where your roses will come each year

In wild profusion then without your care,

Rain refilling the glass you left by the door.

 





Poetry by countryfog
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Written on 2013-06-26 at 18:15

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Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
Sadness transposed upon a page - There is a finality and a beginning I always think - very tender, thank you

Elle
2013-06-27



I, too, read in silent awe, countryfog. So expertly you write into your world, that I stand with you, it seems, beneath those low clouds, anticipating with you the scent of roses.
Applaudeth.
2013-06-27


josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
I'm speechless at this my friend.

Joe
2013-06-27