Poem July 7, 1980 Issue

The wonderful, transitional comma

Barbara Cook

The wonderful, transitional comma,

illustrates my expectation,
something more to come,
not an end but a continuation,
not a closing but a raised baton,
not a termination but a rest
to refresh, to ponder, to gather....
not a day finished but
the rhythmic pause before the next
               movement
as God unfolds to us the eternal
               symphony of His being.

I’m growing and there’s more to come,

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