About Words in Mind

… a celebrated truth …

In sooth, I know why I am so sad 

on the morning after the day before 

when all that was on the mind 

was to remind us of the loss 

the grief that brought that group 

of like-minds together 

yet to remind too of what was gained 

and what remains of the source 

of much pleasure and not remorse

words and photographs are the stage

on which a celebration of life acts out 

for his passing and for how now he has 

his lasting wish holding hands 

with his love in eternity

I took the line: “In sooth, I know not why I am so sad”, the opening words of Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare as the starting point for today's poem. A reflection on the day after Dad's funeral service.

The photograph is one taken by Dad on his early morning balloon ride in Cappadocia, January 2015