I would like to close this post. The below is a poem that came to me years ago while driving. In the end, there is nothing but love that matters. Everything we have is on loan and can be taken back in a heartbeat. There is only one thing that cannot be taken away - and that is one’s good character that one has fought for. That would have to be given away. Thanks to you all again - and much appreciation for this blog.
The Parting
there is no place where leaves can fall
where the Earth will not love to embrace
as no color deep could hope to enthrall
my heart more than the gift of your grace
for the seasons not a time for change
but a change for time to draw a breath
and with its canvas rearrange
light from dark, life from death
as terraced gardens disappear
milkweed pods their children strayed
adrift on songs we’ve yet to hear
the invisible law to be obeyed
and with each part the parting goes
the autumn winds, the summer seeds
adrift beneath the winter snows
with noble dreams and daring deeds
So let time not into pieces go
where one without the other marks
a broken part of the heart we know
complete, and sails where love embarks
peter ledermann