Lighten our Darkness

By Malcolm Potter

Our poems are concerned with the dark shadow of suffering in seven scenes; real moments in real life. Sometimes these dark moments are experienced as loss,sadness,or confusion, etc. Sometimes they appear as crushing, life changing events. God's light, sought, or unsought, comes in varying degrees of intensity - from dim to blinding. This brightness goes to the soul, bringing joy, peace, healing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Malcolm Potter
• Release date: Mar 13, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301513703

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Lighten our Darkness

By Malcolm Potter

Copyright 2013 Malcolm Potter

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INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

BEREAVEMENT

ANDREA’S SONG

REDUNDANCY

SPURNED

THE PRICE OF COAL

THE SICK MOTHER

THE SAD SOUL

BEREAVEMENT

Sometimes it seems that worlds appear,

In the corner of my eye.

Was that an evening shadow,

Or were you just passing by.

In the Post Office on Monday,

As I shuffled down the queue,

Your perfume filled my senses,

But I knew it wasn’t you.

How can presence be so absent,

And fullness so empty.

And your face across the room,

Now just a memory to me.

Now everything we’ve known,

Is just a memory.

Places,

Where we used to go,

People,

We said we’d treasure,

Now both attract me and repel,

As one,

In equal measure.

Time, Place,

Spinning my senses.

Photographs,

That say