I fell in love with the poetry of Louis MacNeice when I was in college. The following is from his Autumn Journal written in 1939 – the joy in the pain felt at love’ passing:
September has come, it is hers
Whose vitality leaps in the autumn,
Whose nature prefers
Trees without leaves and a fire in the fire-place;
So I give her this month and the next
Though the whole of my year should be hers who has rendered already
So many of its days intolerable or perplexed
But so many more so happy;
Who has left a scent on my life and left my walls
Dancing over and over with her shadow,
Whose hair is twined in all my waterfalls,
And all of London littered with remembered kisses.
September has come, it is hers
Whose vitality leaps in the autumn,
Whose nature prefers
Trees without leaves and a fire in the fire-place;
So I give her this month and the next
Though the whole of my year should be hers who has rendered already
So many of its days intolerable or perplexed
But so many more so happy;
Who has left a scent on my life and left my walls
Dancing over and over with her shadow,
Whose hair is twined in all my waterfalls,
And all of London littered with remembered kisses.
15 comments:
When mourning is over, exit wound starts to heal, then closure.
"Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." -Forrest Gump
Go ahead pick another chocolate!
i certainly am!
Mourning periods
Shiva seven days (learned fom Jewish friends)
Pasiyam nine days (dredged from Ilocano experience)
Iddah 4 months and 10 days (my ex Princess tradition)
Mourning song
Imagine by John Lennon
"..love is short. forgetting is so long.." - p. neruda
… Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
- The Beatles
what's iddah?
Muslim widows'(does not apply to widowers) mourning period for deceased husband. Can’t remarry, move out of her home and wear decorative clothes and jewelry. I wonder if my Princess observed this when she dumped me. Not!
Also, waiting period before she can remarry after a divorce.
you have a princess.. so you're a prince? :)
Had!!! Iadaeum Apo! Bad Angeli, go to your room! ;)
ay wen nya.. nalpasen gayam.. so prinsipe ka isu? :)
Nayanak ken dimakelak diay amianan Luzon. Saanak nga prinsipe. No makitam ni Ines Kannoyan ibagam nga birbirukek isuna. ;)
it's funny but i miss speaking in ilocano. i'm not that good at it, though..
Saan mo a lipatan ti sao nga pikayanakan. Will you write your next post in Ilocano?
nag (insert ilocano term for difficult here) metten ti ipaar-aramid mo...
(was banging my head for like an hour now but i cannot remember what "difficult" is in ilocano! stupid, stupid me..)
Nagrigaten is the word you are looking for!
You will write your next post in Ilocano, right?
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