Constant Reader discussion

A poem for today

https://alisonmcghee.com/tag/whatever...

How beautiful, how sad.

I'm not sure how this poem makes me feel. So much is sad, but that last image of the crow - "an unlit vesper candle" - hits me as both hopeful - the potential of a candle yet to be lit - and sad - a candle which has not attained its purpose.

I may have to read this one a few more times!

Oh I think it definitely steers us to a bit of hope with those last lines.

I don't think we can help but carry sadness with us for the things we see happening that we can't change. For nature, for injustice, for inevitable aging. But then there's love and the human spirit which continue despite the sadness.