Poem January 4, 1975 Issue

ACCEPTANCE

Doris Kerns Quinn

When?
How much?
How long?

Rid me
of these
mortal measurements

Help me to accept:
Now
incontestably here
All
leaving no room for lack
Forever
erasing all starts
and finishes

These three
understood
as true creation

will silence all lies
of limitation.

Doris Kerns Quinn

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