Sunday, December 16, 2012

"Wrecked, solitary, here"


Sadness and rage at those terrible events in Connecticut. Why, again, do all the deer hunters need assault rifles? Why does Mike Huckabee call himself a Christian when he is obviously filled with hate?

I am thinking of the children, teachers, and parents. I can only follow Bardiac's lead and post this.

I FELT a funeral in my brain,
  And mourners, to and fro,
Kept treading, treading, till it seemed
  That sense was breaking through.
  
And when they all were seated,        5
  A service like a drum
Kept beating, beating, till I thought
  My mind was going numb.
  
And then I heard them lift a box,
  And creak across my soul        10
With those same boots of lead, again.
  Then space began to toll
  
As all the heavens were a bell,
  And Being but an ear,
And I and silence some strange race,        15
  Wrecked, solitary, here.

2 comments:

Historiann said...

Thank you--it's perfect.

undine said...

Thanks, Historiann.