Friday, February 22, 2008

I Know Not

What is my life to be?
I know not. I know not.
And will I cross the sea?
I know not. I know not.
And will you stay with me?
I know not. I know not.
Alas, I see! I see!
I know not what my life shall be.

Grandmère Mimi - 7-27-07

4 comments:

  1. But we all want to know, do we not, Grandmère?
    Thank you for sharing this beautiful poem on a morning when I am sitting here pondering some of these very questions.

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  2. Boocat, we do persist in wanting to know, although we know that we can't know. Thanks for your kind words.

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  3. These are good reminders, during Lent, of our finitude. And that we need to accept it.

    Abrazos, abuelita.

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  4. Paul, since I have only five small poems to my name, I will likely revisit them until you are all bored silly with them. During a period of several months in 2007, the poetry muse visited, and she has not returned since. :o(

    Thanks for the hugs and kind words.

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