Comments: Untimely Death

Dear Dakota,
My heart breaks for your friends. Thank you, and them, for trying to wrest some meaning from such a terrible situation. Here is a short poem my son once gave me, which could accompany your iris photo, and which seems to speak about your friends and about their son.

"This I learned from the shadow of a tree
That to and fro did sway against a wall,
Our shadow selves, our influence, may fall
Where we ourselves can never be."

What else can one say? Love, Mrs. W

Posted by Mrs. W at February 26, 2006 12:33 PM

Beautiful entry. Thanks for your witnessing.

Posted by An0n at February 26, 2006 01:14 PM

Oh Mrs. W -- thank you for the poem -- since I no longer can memorize anything, I shall copy it out, keep it at my bosom, and remember it each time I'm shooting a shadow (which is quite often). It's always lovely to know that you're out there in the mist. xo D

Posted by Dakota at February 27, 2006 06:05 AM

Hi An0n - Thank you, too, for emerging from the virtual. Fondly D

Posted by Dakota at February 27, 2006 06:08 AM
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