Leaping

by T.P. Wilkinson / March 20th, 2022

Sorrow leave behind

All that in
thy dreams dispute
sunsets incomplete
messages unwritten
or unread
Memories never had
in ceremony too often sad
All that in
forms the smile or frown
unspoken feelings
closely held
with anger do dispense
sorrow leave behind
too blessed awake
fond consensus
there to find.

T.P. Wilkinson, Dr. rer. pol. writes, teaches History and English, directs theatre and coaches cricket between the cradles of Heine and Saramago. He is author of Unbecoming American: A War Memoir and also Church Clothes, Land, Mission and the End of Apartheid in South Africa. Read other articles by T.P..

This article was posted on Sunday, March 20th, 2022 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.