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The Gift

Find respite in an island 
with uplifting hands.  
as a stranger,  
walking through strange lands.

What does it mean to belong?
be better to another 
a special someone, 
free of toil 
someone yours.

Not enough to belong in today
you're in deep, 
rapt in the present
at foot of an evergreen,
where you fell asleep.

What time will you wake? 
is time a thing known 
as such and..
will it be too late. 
 
You find yourself charmed
in a chapel..
with pennies plucked
 from your eyes,
             now placed at your feet. 

Will angels hear praying
under Basilica' stars
for theirs 
for ours..? 

Must be turning to sunrise, always
be at it swift
for a reckoning comes, wi' hope
for you in,    
Jacob Marley's* gift. 


   ~~~~~*Jacob Marley - Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol' 1843 ~~~~~

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023




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Date: 2/23/2024 6:40:00 AM
I love everything about this Richard. From "...walking through strange lands..." to the gift of hope. A brief and enjoyable Dickens... smiles! :)
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Date: 1/3/2024 8:47:00 PM
Thanks for sharing this. God bless you. Meanwhile, I greet you with a Joyous New Year with this prayer from the Bible in Numbers 6:24-26, "The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace."
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Date: 12/25/2023 11:40:00 PM
What a deep and profound write this is. I especially love the opening lines and the very intriguing nature of your lines throughout this poem. “ You find yourself charmedin a chapel..with pennies plucked from your eyes,now placed at your feet. ” soul hitting! Powerful write. Pleasure reading this.
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Date: 12/27/2023 7:49:00 PM
Ink Empress, Thank you for all your warm comments. It's been a Dickens of a year. -Richard

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