If I didn’t mark this day in passing <br />if I didn’t make this date a part of <br />solid History I’d fail – a day to fix in <br />memory and memory will prevail <br /> <br />June thirteenth, Gemini of Mercury <br />an element of Air – where hunger <br />for awareness rests, your love <br />therein is seen a proper reckoning <br /> <br />Measure of your length and breadth <br />despairs dimensions of your ardent <br />heart – cathedral blessed, especially <br />in loving – sets your warmth apart <br /> <br />I know and love your being as a <br />comforting, liberty from loneliness <br />of empty rooms, a candle light of <br />passage gleam safely leading home <br /> <br />Blessed I am to know you well for all <br />these humble years, your inspiration <br />wills me write of you – and I shall ‘til <br />Lethe waters still my trembling hand <br />© 8 June 2009, I. D. Carswell<br /><br />Ivan Donn Carswell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/june-thirteenth/
