‘Tis a fearful thing
to love what death can touch.
A fearful thing
to love, to hope, to dream, to be –
to be,
And oh, to lose.
A thing for fools, this,
And a holy thing,
a holy thing
to love.
For your life has lived in me,
your laugh once lifted me,
your word was gift to me.
To remember this brings painful joy.
‘Tis a human thing, love,
a holy thing, to love
what death has touched.
--Chaim Stern
In November we remember All Souls...
Image source 1: William Weltmore Story, Angel of Grief (1894), created for his wife, Emelyn Story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_of_Grief
Image source 2: Albert Gyorgy, Melancholy (2012), https://www.revshirleymurphy.co.uk/post/melancholy-the-emptiness-that-incapacitates-us-through-grief
Poem source
Image source 2: Albert Gyorgy, Melancholy (2012), https://www.revshirleymurphy.co.uk/post/melancholy-the-emptiness-that-incapacitates-us-through-grief
Poem source
After the tears dry and the sadness wanes a bit from a read of this beautiful piece, the inspiration to take pen to paper is almost unavoidable - Wow. Powerful stuff.
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