Sunday, April 09, 2006

Out of the blue

Ol' Doc Hardy occasionally emails poems in between examining patients up in Providence. Today he sent two Langston Hughes that were like good food after a hard day's work. Doc Hardy has the prescription for what ails me.

Dreams

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

Prayer [1]

I ask you this:
Which way to go?
I ask you this:
Which sin to bear?
Which crown to put
Upon my hair?
I do not know,
Lord God,
I do not know.

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