Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RELEASE, by RUTH E. DAY


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First Line: I cradled close within my hand
Last Line: And in that moment found content.


I cradled close within my hand
Eternity -- so I'll demand,
Thought I, the things my heart would know
To give me peace and make me grow.

I bent my gaze -- I pressed my ear
And yet -- there was no sound to hear,
No light to bring before my eye
The when -- or where or how or why.

So steadfastly I held the gaze
Till all my world became a haze;
A nebula of thought and form,
My very soul a seething storm.

I cried -- "Reveal your secrets now.
I've bent my head and held the plough
As long as mortal man can strain
To plough the furrows for his gain.

Each pulsing breath that through me moves
Cries out in vain for that which proves
An aching, burdened heart and mind
That long to trust their cares behind."

It was as though my trembling heart
In violence shook itself apart
And from the closed and hardened shell
I knew that hate and mistrust fell.

Released -- I felt my heart expand
And so I thought -- "From where I stand
I'll gaze upon hate's swift descent."
And in that moment found content.





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