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Tears For The Righteous
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:13:45 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: SJ Manning <sjmanning () fymc com> Date: July 29, 2010 7:23:47 PM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net>, David Farber <dfarber () cs cmu edu>, David Farber <dfarber () cmu edu> Subject: Tears For The Righteous Reply-To: sjmanning () fymc com Dear Dave. For IP if you wish.... I am no poet. Yet, I wrote the following few, perhaps awkward lines on the occasion of the passing of somebody dear to me, someone I considered righteous. Perhaps of little consolation, but helpful - at least for me - to rationalize the passing of someone righteous. With my thoughts and my best wishes. Steve. Tears For The Righteous By Steven J. Manning
From ashes to ashes, dust to dust, or equivalents of that in my “book”, perhaps yours,
The righteous, the frivolous, the productive and malevolent, alike The creator brings into the world and ordains their passing, alike. The footpath of life, same for all, but for The righteous walk with bewilderment and purpose. The frivolous with nary a glance beneath their feet, trampling the flowers under. The productive with focus and regretfully wasteful haste. And the malevolent, at the expense of all others. Our destination same. From dust to dust is pre-ordained. How unfair for the Creator to be so compassionate to all. But for, Belief in a purpose so esoteric to test the conscious mind. Suspend intellect. And task the soul. For the passing of the righteous, the departure of the soul, Makes way for yet another of the righteous. Somewhere, somewhere in the world, perhaps next door Or conceivably even in some Darfurian place God elected to forsake, An ordinary woman brings into the world an extraordinary child. Ordained to greatness. On a footpath to change the world. Sorrow salted tears for the righteous slowly, painfully, thoughtfully, give way. Bittersweet tears of fleeting smiles. Resignation. Anticipation. Hope. And then memories to feed the living. One righteous soul making way on earth for another. Dignified remembrance in passing earned by dignity in living. ©2002-2010. Steven J. Manning. All rights reserved worldwide. Any reproduction in whole or in part, in any medium, in any form whatsoever is strictly prohibited. -- Steven J. Manning Global Solutions Architect FYMCorporation Datacomm LLC ENSOdata® Ctoads™ Image I AG ZsKF / HU www.fymc.com sjmanning () fymc com Telephone: 310-601-3119 Telefax: 310-275-9978 CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY OF COMMUNICATIONS NOTICE: This message as well messages that may be threaded to it, as well as documents, files and previous emails that may be attached to it are confidential and may contain privileged information intended for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any distribution, dissemination or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by E-Mail. Do not disclose the contents to anyone or retain any portion of this message. E-mail can be altered, intercepted and read by persons other than those for whom the messages are intended! Therefore, unless encrypted and signed, the integrity of this and all other electronic communications cannot be guaranteed. ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-aa268125 Unsubscribe Now: https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-32545cb4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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