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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ETERNITY, by EUNICE MITCHELL LEHMER
First Line: How should I, still a child, face timelessness?
Last Line: On timelessness.
Subject(s): Time
First Line: How should I, still a child, face timelessness?
Last Line: On timelessness.
Subject(s): Time
How should I, still a child, face timelessness?
For me, the little playthings of an hour;
My house built of the vari-colored blocks
Of night and day; each strangely-portioned task
Clipped to the measure of my pigmy strength
By the restraining, patient hand of sleep;
Each small excursion of uncertain feet
Its own reward; and closed, to soothe the heart,
With the most comforting of all our words,
"Finished; it is finished!" This my song
Along the way, while every little end
Leaves me the space for fresh beginning still.
How should my childish arms stretch out the span
That makes eternity? Give me the life
Of little ends and small beginnings, till
I have grown wiser, braver eyes to look
On timelessness.
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