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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WIDOW, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY Poet's Biography First Line: Why do you trouble me with empty words? Last Line: Do not remind me of eternity! Subject(s): Widows & Widowers | |||
WHY do you trouble me with empty words? For he is gone, oh, he is gone from me! Like some swift arrow shot from off the bow, Or like a blazing torch flung in the sea! No, do not say that it is for the best! I was his best and he the best for me! Say not that some day I shall be with him— I want him now—I want him now with me! Oh, what is Death that it can hold him where He comes not back, he comes not back to me? And what is Life that it can keep me here, A prisoner—to yearn unceasingly? If aught of him survives, as you all say, He would come back—yes, he would come to me! His spirit would return to comfort me. I know Death could not hold him—where is he? And if he comes not back, then he is not! He smiled into my eyes but yesterday— Where is he gone, he who was so alive? He could not be content to stay away! Ah, no! you cannot comfort me with words— I hear you speak, but they mean naught to me! I see the empty, empty years ahead— Do not remind me of eternity! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WIDOW SPEAKS TO THE AURORA'S OF A DECEMBER NIGHT by NORMAN DUBIE NEW AGE AT AIRPORT MESA by NORMAN DUBIE POPHAM OF THE NEW SONG: 5; FOR R.P. BLACKMUR by NORMAN DUBIE THE WIDOW OF THE BEAST OF INGOLSTADT by NORMAN DUBIE DOMESDAY BOOK: WIDOW FORTELKA by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WIDOW IN A STONE HOUSE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER GETTING TO KNOW YOU by RUTH STONE A DESERTED HOUSE by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY |
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