Would You Rage against Light's Dying
a poem
Echoing Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night”
How might you go into the darkest night
Would you rage against light’s dying?
Would the sunset find you sighing
at all that is now fading out of sight?
Would you fade like silent falling leaves
or, rejoicing, gently close your eyes to night
knowing you will wake to brightest light
dancing in a green…
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