The poem, THE PASSING SHADOW, A Poem of Returning, is found on page 12 of my book, Beyond These Dark Lands Are Edges Of Joy, Words of Comfort and Hope.
The death of my brother who died of an overdose was the motivation for this poem about grief and bereavement.
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TITLE
The encouragement begins with the title. It explains that our time of difficulty and trial will come to a conclusion and that there is a time when you will be able to hope again. The shadow is grief, and time allows it to pass. The "Returning" makes you think of your own returning to living life after the season of grief.
STRUCTURE
It looks like a freestyle poem, but it has some rhythm since most of the lines are 6 syllables long except for a few variants that give emphasis. It is 26 lines.
It starts out by describing the deep grief we sometimes feel. The first 13 lines describe sorrow and loss,
"You can walk away...
But you cannot leave
The emptiness You carry inside."
Lines 14 to 19 expresses our response is sometimes with anger and withdrawal,
"You just have to sit ...
And be angry at God
And hate everything..."
Lines 20-26 offers the hope that a time will come when you can live again,
"The days of Exhaustion will come.
Then it will be time..."
Everything leads to the last line that tells about the hope that after this shadow passes we will begin to live again.
ILLUSTRATION
This poem is illustrated with a road leading past a solitary great oak tree in a barren land.
The Passing Shadow is part of a book that offers encouragement and hope, this poem says that it is ok to react with sorrow, anger and even withdrawal for a season, but there comes a time to begin to live again.
SCRIPTURE
The scripture in the footnote is from Revelation 21:4, "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."
© A.E. Dozat 4/23/18
The death of my brother who died of an overdose was the motivation for this poem about grief and bereavement.
To get it through Amazon CLICK HERE.
TITLE
The encouragement begins with the title. It explains that our time of difficulty and trial will come to a conclusion and that there is a time when you will be able to hope again. The shadow is grief, and time allows it to pass. The "Returning" makes you think of your own returning to living life after the season of grief.
STRUCTURE
It looks like a freestyle poem, but it has some rhythm since most of the lines are 6 syllables long except for a few variants that give emphasis. It is 26 lines.
It starts out by describing the deep grief we sometimes feel. The first 13 lines describe sorrow and loss,
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| Illustration for the Poem, The Passing Shadow, A Poem of Returning, From the Book, Beyond These Dark Lands Are Edges of Joy Words of Comfort and Hope By A.E. Dozat © 2018 |
But you cannot leave
The emptiness You carry inside."
Lines 14 to 19 expresses our response is sometimes with anger and withdrawal,
"You just have to sit ...
And be angry at God
And hate everything..."
Lines 20-26 offers the hope that a time will come when you can live again,
"The days of Exhaustion will come.
Then it will be time..."
Everything leads to the last line that tells about the hope that after this shadow passes we will begin to live again.
ILLUSTRATION
This poem is illustrated with a road leading past a solitary great oak tree in a barren land.
The Passing Shadow is part of a book that offers encouragement and hope, this poem says that it is ok to react with sorrow, anger and even withdrawal for a season, but there comes a time to begin to live again.
SCRIPTURE
The scripture in the footnote is from Revelation 21:4, "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."
© A.E. Dozat 4/23/18
