[David Anthony]

Originally Posted by Philip Quinlan

For M

(“It is a failing in me
And a weakness of my faith
But when God does things like this
I don’t know what he means…”
- Priest at another baby’s funeral)

Into the river then
With your fragment of shadow
And your long light
Which will not succumb

But will forever cast the shadow
Of the man that you will never now become

To be the atom in the eye
That saw the world turn once

To be the seed that waits
Eternity to grow

Somewhere is a garden
Where a tree that never leaves
Is ever bare

And where your fragment of a shadow
Never fades and never follows
But is ever there

--Is this yours, Philip?
It's very fine work.
Best regards,
David