By: Sappho Wolf <conroy2012-at-yahoo.com>
Fri Jul 13 15:13:10 2007
Promise of Release
By Sappho Wolf
Location: Philadelphia PA US

Age:[ 36 ] Gender:[ F ]

Comments: I'm not much of a poet, but this one moves me.

Azrael came to me that day
That globe of ice and snow.
"This is his final illness," he told me.
And I replied, "I know".

"That he continues on this moment
Is not of Nature's make.
What is soothed by this circus?
How much more suffering must he take?"

I cannot deny the tears in my eyes
Knowing there was nothing I could do.
Azrael offered release from this pain.
I said, "How you speak true."

Azrael looked at him then
His jewel eyes filling with tears.
He joined me in weeping
For a man who had suffered for years.

Azrael came to me that day
That globe of ice and snow.
"This is his final illness," he told me.
And I replied, "I know".

-- Sappho Wolf <conroy2012-at-yahoo.com>

Fri Jul 13 15:13:10 2007
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