Poem December 18, 1948 Issue

LET GO OF PERSONS

Dorothy Neilson Derry

A friend once gave me,
When I was burdened by the acts of persons
and the why of things,
A healing thought:

"Let go and know
that God is where you are.
Let go of him and her
and them and us,
And most of all let go of me
(the me that clamors to be heard).
Let go of persons and draw near to God.

"Let go of names, of ages,
of the way men walk
And talk. Unsee apparent pride and fear.
We are not critics of what seems to be,
But students, guardians, of what really is."

Dorothy Neilson Derry

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