just now, today <br />and for a moment, thus <br />forever, <br />the heaviness of devil-darkened thought, <br />death in some disguise yet to be called out, <br />threatened grey ruin to the day <br />which is not mine <br />as that same devil, named, will not be mine - <br /> <br />so pushed aside my dinner plate <br />and read a poem <br /> <br />and rejoined the world of now <br />of sunshine, families, all <br />the heart loves <br />and mind turns grey <br /> <br />and into devil's grey, and death and life <br />stepped gratitude.<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/0108-today-i-read-a-poem/
