The Dead

by Sister Julie on October 31, 2006

in blog post, prayer, random writing

My favorite poem this time of the year … Billy Collins, “The Dead”

The dead are always looking down on us, they say,
while we are putting on our shoes or making a sandwich,
they are looking down through the glass-bottom boats of heaven
as they row themselves slowly through eternity.

They watch the tops of our heads moving below on earth,
and when we lie down in a field or on a couch,
drugged perhaps by the hum of a warm afternoon,
they think we are looking back at them,

which makes them lift their oars and fall silent
and wait, like parents, for us to close our eyes.

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Maria Toth November 1, 2006 at 3:13 am

Just having another look

God bless
Maria in the UK
http://www.inhishands.co.uk

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