They Say

They say to read the writing on the wall –

Well it could be ten feet tall

But it would be too small.

They say that it was bound to end this way –

Skies so blue would turn to gray

But I could not see this day.

They say that "time will heal the pain" –

That "learning always is a gain"

But I am deaf to that refrain.

1997

(from the book Discoveries In The Dark by Doris Potter)

© Doris Potter