Oh little man possessed of smaller mind
Where have you left your rigid fears behind
Or do they walk with you, your waking hours
To assault you with their secret powers,
Or follow as you weave your careful way
Through the monotony of every day?
Oh grim despairing soul that has no hope
Within darkness you taught your heart to cope
Perhaps you’ll teach your mind in time to think
Thus live midst emotion raging succinct,
And dreaming dwell upon a flagrant kiss
And planning maintain devotion amiss.
Oh grieving heart, how can you bear the pain
And never know the why or cause explain,
But wander on the loss accept with ease
Hapless craft adrift in unwielding seas?
Too sad for lack of spirit need comply
And basic mortal code for life deny.
Oh fears that pursue, limits that tarry,
Escape leaden weights that practice carry,
One nourished on an indigenous pride
Engaging fate with a challenge inside,
Deep loss that suffers lackluster concept
Inadequate values, manner inept.
How now, to greet the coming of the years
In kind with normal passage of brief tears
And accepting thus that time may deal unkind?
For wit that hope is neither deaf nor blind
But dwells with faith and modest dignity,
Spurn false ideals and feint complexity.
Claire V. Bogdanos 