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A meditation on aging parents
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- Thursday, April 10th, 2008
- James Hamilton
This fact I hold up before me - Time brings little deaths, Creations of a moment: It should! My sum total
we are all flowers of the field.
What once was strong, enduring
must one day pass away.
minor infirmities,
adding up, year on year.
Have I not felt it?
growing, blooming, fruiting, falling.
But I find this surprise in myself -
Why does it not cause despair?
adds only to that treasured by others:
Where the railing, bitter
against perceived injustice?
In Thanks for a Kind Word
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- Thursday, February 21st, 2008
- James Hamilton
If all our friends were in one place,Gathered in eternal space,Hearts remembered one by one,Hope realised, joy become
The substrate of immortal grace…I would have one special faceTreasured always, with a gladnessUntarnished by all wordly sadness:
Yours indeed, my special… Read More
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