September 11 2011
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo
“So do I.” said Gandalf
“and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given.”JRR Tolkien*
Those who lived to see such times
Will always remember
Sorrow
Injustice
What then?
Do I dwell in the Valley of the Shadow
Burying myself with the dead?
Giving away my liberty
Choosing to be burdened
With grief
With regret
Stabbing a grim finger
At the scapegoat
Whose fault I have made this
Exchanging freedom for fear
Fear of more pain
Fear of death
Loss of control
Or…
Move on?
With determined step
Striding into future
Striding into freedom
Striding into life
With myriad joys
Myriad tears
Do I breathe deeply the
Winds of Change
Drinking long
The elixir of Life
Do I create a new dance?
Stepping out the sorrow
With joy
Signposting courage
Determined to learn
Through
experience
To grow
Through
endeavour
Becoming surefooted
Swift for justice
For God Loves more
He weeps
He Hopes in the Hope
Of Humankind
Decide
His Love the Litmus
For Loving
For Living
For Life
© Denise Stanford 2011
Sept 11 Photos by hankplank
* Quote: JRR Tolkien, Fellowship of the Ring, Book I,
Lord of the Rings, Harper Collins London, 2001 edition, p50
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