Some thankyous are best private; <br />some deserve a public airing, <br />in case they touch someone else who's suffered: <br /> <br />I wrote a poem about my mother's restless, painful death; <br />and you, who had just lost your husband <br />but whose deathbed was a memorable day <br />as he with cancer and you his wife <br />had the most beautiful, memorable hours of conversation, <br />about two rich lives lived together - <br /> <br />you, struck by the contrast, wrote to me <br />in sympathy. And so, my pain is eased <br />in sharing in your beautiful sad joy.. <br />and you, I hope, may be the happier for this - <br />I wonder, do you know what good this brought? <br /> <br />thank you, Margaret.<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-thankyou-to-margaret/
