As it is said,
through the bleak
and hollow laugh
whereby we
accommodate
the grimmest truths,
that no good deed
shall go unpunished,
so it is that everything
of light and beauty
carries close behind
its shadow self. Thus
it is that the price
of love shall be grief
and the gall of grief
shall match within
the mirror the light
and beauty of that
love. Such is the
symmetry that pairs
the seasons, gives
the sun its heat,
the moon its ice
and takes us from
our mother’s arms,
along our way of
chance or choice
and so to sleep.
-
Recent Posts
- AS IT IS SAID May 5, 2024
- Hiatus Mar 13, 2024
- HOPE SPRINGS Nov 20, 2023
- (no title) Nov 12, 2023
- KODAK by BLAISE CENDRARS Sep 16, 2023
Recent Comments
- Ellen D. on AS IT IS SAID
- Dick Jones on STILL LIFE
- Bailey Hurley on STILL LIFE
- Dick Jones on
- Rajani Radhakrishnan on
Meta
Blogroll
- …made out of words
- 20th Century Woman
- Blaugustine
- Book of Kells
- Box Elder
- Coyote Mercury
- Doctor Omed's Tent Show Revival
- Fanny's Blog
- Galen Ayers
- In a Dark Time
- Indifferent Eye
- Jake Auerbach Films
- John Baker's Blog
- Marja-Leena Rathje
- Mole
- Put Words Together – Make Meaning
- Reflections on Education
- Robert Frost's Banjo
- Slow Reads
- Small Change
- Snow Like Thought
- Tasting Rhubarb
- The Cassandra Pages
- The Sill of the World
- The Storialist
- The Truth About Lies
- The Weaver of Grass
- Twisted Rib
- Via Negativa
- Waterlines
- Willow Manor
- Writing Down The Words
DICK JONES
Dick Jones
Well said!