Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEYOND, by ALLAN MUNIER



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BEYOND, by                    
First Line: Beyond the prison cell
Last Line: In peace without you?
Subject(s): Absence; Grief; Hunger; Prisons & Prisoners; Solitude; Separation; Isolation; Sorrow; Sadness; Loneliness


BEYOND the prison cell
Release!
Beyond the stormy passage
Peace!
Beyond the starless night
The great Sun's rising —
Beyond these wilds a home
Of Death's devising.

After tumultuous years
To creep
Within a lonely room
And sleep!
After the exigence
Of human hunger,
Bread, and lodging, and wine
To need no longer!

How I have longed for this! —
And yet
How can I go content —
Forget
All that was dear in life
Entwined about you?
How can I pass Beyond
In peace without you?





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