12.25.09

Defenseless under the night..

Posted in mission, pilgrimage, poetry/prose, prayer at 10:44 am by len

Defenseless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.

W.H. Auden, 1939

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