SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 VICTIMS This site is dedicated to the victims of September 11, 2001 tragedy.

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LIGHT FROM A DISTANT SHORE

I  would just wish to offer my condolences to the survivors here on this date of infamy;  and hope that the following offering - in Word -  might assist in relieving any lingering grief... And, most heartily, say to each of you  -----  fret  not!

From this dim-lit porch my gaze implores

....Beyond the boundaries of these shores,

And seeks that cove chaste covenants

Bequeathed as scatheless harbor.

Where anchor'd taut I'd face no foe,

For augurs proffered that no woe

Should visit there upon that place

Where Angels sing with ardor.

Still the light shines true for just the few

who reach that radiant harbor.

That  lucent  shore;  where soul's delights

Do liken to the feverish flights that,

Flitting midst a child's dream,

Excite a Godly chord.

As child-like must one meet the tryst,

For wavering now would but divest

The seeker of his sanctitude,

And thus, his blest reward.

Leave now the earth give way, for it wields no sway 'pon

the sparrows that circle the shore!

Now, dolefully, a drawn child's plea rips

O'er the dark, dissonant sea

And hurtles toward the alien void

That veils it from its fate.

A plea so urgent that it bores

Into the holds of teary scores,

Whose wanting ears tilt toward the stars

That monk-like whisper  w a i t.

W        A         I           T.

...wait?...my  faith  is  staunch;

the keel that buoys me 'bove the fray;

that sails me through the  evil  days

that    TOIL    AND      F E T  T  E  R    ME !

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .and, yes. . . . .the horizon lurks. . .

The porch lamp flickers -  the vision fades,

While the venders of this world invade

My wisp of beach -  bereft  of  claim  -

And take it as their score.

I'll not render unto them their bill;

Nor cede them now my truest will:

To sing with Angels Joyous paeans

By the Light from distant shore.

To you and yours --- keep it close to the heart