Unacknowledged legislators

by John E Marks

Friday 11th February 2022 11:54 pm

 

(for Holden)

The majesty of dogs impresses us –

Their solitary solidarity - the pack.

And above their grey horizons

There is a promise, lingering….

 

These days an ending is assumed,

That glorifies the story of our lives:

Making children, seeing things, and listening,

Listening, to our hearts’ desires.

 

Yesterday the sky darkened at noon

Seas spewed forth

Clouds of misery

And all we knew, we soon forgot.

 

But now a pulse of re-creation

Lends itself to me,

And you, and you,and all that good can do

For this lonely human heart.

 

Acts of unremembered kindness and of love

Grant us the keys of heaven

And, who knows,  God may grant us time.

 

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