I wrote this after meeting my boyfriends mother for the first time. She was in a rest home, trek tube, thyroid cancer and unable to speak. I knew it would probably be the last time I saw her as well as the first. Out came this poem like magic.
If I could find just one word to say
my heart has filled with love today
I would cry, I would smile
but it would only last
for just a little while
then,
as time is a pendulum
forever bound
by the moments we cherrish
as the world goes round,
I will remember
and I will forget
then,
I will remember again,
the sound of love
in a voice I hear
no anger
no sorrow
no fear,
only the sound
of wings in flight,
fluttering irredescent colors
of light,
I would cry, I would smile
but it would only last
for just a little while
then,
as time is a pendulum
forever bound
I will remember you
as the world goes round.
Some encounters are unforgettable and you have ensured that your experience lasts via your verses, Karen. Thank you for sharing. Love and best wishes to you,
Timeless wisdom and advice on the art of living for today’s young and old: The art of thinking, the art of loving, the art of working, the art of leadership, the art of growing old.
A new translation by Sergio E. Serrano of this inspirationa
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