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To Sir With Gratitude

fair glinting gold

                   light shining bold

                        this I saw

                     for my 'flaw' is to be

                     not of your world

              Into the breech I was hurled

                   before your times were told

              ere I was an aeon old

              I changed Universes - yet

                 here, I was in darkness jet.

                    when again I rose

                    in biped pose

              to complete the task
 
                began, before your form thought to ask

                       Whence came we here?

              Your light came just in time

                 shimmered thru deepest despair

             A human mind gave to me

              a beckoning seed of desire to see

                  another day, in limited heartlost society

                Whence before  was only my desire to flee.

Copyright © Virginia Waters | Year Posted 2018

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Geoffrey Brewer Date: 9/13/2018 9:20:00 AM Anintriguing poem with an implied message yet enough mystery to taltalise. The first part invites a variety of enterpretations, as do many effective and effecting works of art, while the final message is one of grace and gratitude. Login to Reply Virginia Waters Date: 9/15/2018 2:42:00 AM thank you for a thoughtful and gracious comment.

Gershon Wolf Date: 9/3/2018 5:32:00 PM Such a fascinating poem: Evolutionary and revolutionary! There should be a contest for something like this. A real winner, in my book. Smiles, Gershon Login to Reply Virginia Waters Date: 9/15/2018 2:41:00 AM Thanks Gershon - I finally tracked my teacher "angel" to Germany many years later and sent him this thank you.

Agnes Krampe Date: 8/27/2018 3:43:00 PM Intriguing and mysterious poem. Login to Reply Virginia Waters Date: 9/15/2018 2:39:00 AM Thank you Agnes

Mayur Choudhari Date: 8/26/2018 4:56:00 PM Veiled and profound. This is lovely. Login to Reply Virginia Waters Date: 8/26/2018 4:59:00 PM thank you

Richard Lamoureux Date: 8/26/2018 8:32:00 AM This made me imagine Mother Nature. You wrote this with just the right amount of shadow to be intriguing. Login to Reply Virginia Waters Date: 8/26/2018 4:59:00 PM Cool, thanks

Caren Krutsinger Date: 8/26/2018 12:42:00 AM Just a smile, pat on the shoulder, or sweet look can often change a person's entire perspective. What a wonderful poem you have given to us today, Virginia. Login to Reply Virginia Waters Date: 8/26/2018 4:59:00 PM thanks Caren

Carole Duet Date: 8/26/2018 12:04:00 AM What an interesting and mysterious poem! I enjoyed it very much, Virginia. Login to Reply Virginia Waters Date: 8/26/2018 4:59:00 PM was a thank you to a human angel sent to a suicidal 14 yr old