Request

When the sun is warm and the ocean sings,

Have joy in the peace that lightness brings.

Forget me then, and forget the night;

Look at the sky and be glad the sight,

And hold the hand that is nearest then

And laugh forgetfully again.

But when the sunless earth is cold

And trees stand bitter and sad and old

And your hand lies empty and stars are black

When the old heart-weariness comes back

And fearful and dead are the sky and sea -

Remember again; remember me.

Lucille Wilner

5/11

9 September 2002; pml

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