Poems by Themis

Replies

Earth is full of replies;

0 yearning soul, to all your lonely whys

An answer gleams against the heavens, afar,

A star.

Because you have heard

My pain within me like a wounded bird,

I trace the rainbow in the skies again

Through rain.

You have seen the plea 

Stay waiting in a heart that's wild and free;

But when it's dark, the bird must wish the sky

Good-bye.

The great nights heal

With sorrowed hush the breaking heart's appeal,

For through much sacrifice it should have grown

A stone.

We say we'll meet

Because the ancient hum of hounding feet

Still beats upon our lonesome tracks of dream

Its theme.

Look how the sea

Keeps yet in storm or peace its mystery,

And grateful for the wealth no words can plumb,

Is dumb.

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