A DIFFRENT DONATION

I have a friend that lives away. He has been very supportive though out my illness with short encouraging letters. He feels badly that he cannot make the trip here for my benefit tonight. So in my email today I received a poem.

I have never been written a poem before and I would like to thank him for this, and share it with everyone.

Mirror of Autumn

On the river

when the rain

pours down

and gleans

in gray steel hue

the mirror of autumn

shines above

with branches

in shadow

in reflected overhang

damp

and lost

near

the bright

green shore

clouds

are the blanket

that warms

earth's

heart

for beneath that gray

beneath

the surface

held to account

by lofty premise

there is light beneath

and life

still that shines

in the heart

and peace

in the soul

that gives

mere love

-B. Berry

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