Let Me Go (Monday Poem)

by Christina Rosetti

 

 

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

 

 Miss me a little, but not for long

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love that once we shared

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey we all must take

And each must go alone

It's all part of the master plan

A step on the road to home.

 

When you are lonely and sick at heart

Go to the friends we know.

Laugh at all the things we used to do

Miss me but let me go.

 

 

(In honor and memory of my dear sister, Cathy Christine Shank, who completed her life. ALS is a cruel disease.)

Catching a Wave (Monday Poem)

 by Nicola Davies

When you catch a wave, you want to shout!

When you catch a wave, you want to sing!

When you catch a wave, you want to dance!

When you catch a wave, all you want to do . . .

is catch another.

from A First Book of the Sea by Nicola Davies

Candlewick Press, 2018

Waiting for the Wave

 by Nicola Davies

Your board bobs beyond the break zone.

On either side, your feet dangle like pale fish.

In all the world, there is only you.

The sky.

The sea.

This moment.

from A First Book of the Sea by Nicola Davies

Candlewick Press, 2018

Finding Shells (Monday Poem)

 by Nicola Davies

There's no special trick to finding seashells.

All you have to do is look.

It's hard at first, but soon your eyes

will start to notice tiny details

and you'll pick up little bits of beauty.

Let your heart sing for a moment,

then put them back:

someone else might need them.

from A First Book of the Sea by Nicola Davies

Candlewick Press, 2018