If Ever

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   I wrote this in 2000 to my ex=wife as a devotioal poem while stationed away from here for a year in Korea. It became like most of my work part of a larger context.

If Ever

1
If ever was unspoken a word,
Spell cast, then broken,
If ever has wept a queen,
Crownless and beautiful,
If ever there could be
That which was lost or stolen
Made whole or hailed forth,
May it be now.
So mote it be.

2
Sow in the wild seed
The measure of laying faro.
Take root and fasten tight,
To stand strong against
A clamoring cold wind;
The dance of dark change.

3
Strangers among us fall
On sharpened swords,
In chance to reunite
With the unattainable;
A gift as a final endeavor.
This is the burden of Cain,
Born of Beltane's season,
That which wills the way
And winds the time.

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When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA

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