Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

What Does the Future Promise

               What does the future promise
                  that the present does not have
               A gentle moon, nights serene
                  lambent insights, starry scenes 

               What the present has, the future scorns
                  possessing what’s not yet born
                A glimpse of paradise here on earth
                  ~ if death be infinite worth

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David Crandall May 19, 2026 at 8:49 PM hmm, I guess the present and the future each have their own gifts!

Daniel Henry Rodgers May 19, 2026 at 9:34 AM Hello Gershon, I sensed the moon’s gentleness, the rebellion of time, the way paradise is just beyond reach. I am at the edge of mortality turning the question of worth into a kind of luminous surrender. Beautiful, I’m letting its calm linger. Blessings, Daniel

Bj Legros Kelley May 19, 2026 at 6:42 AM This is really beautiful Gershon, and very well written!