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Perhaps Forever

Published on December 12, 2019 by @DwPolkLeave a comment

I pause when
light looks like
heaven might
evanescent glow
white tufts, airy clouds
barely covering sun

I stand in awe
shifting sky
gazing upwards at
all we can’t know
alive, this moment
perhaps forever

Categories Poetry•Tags Afterlife, Beauty, Clouds, Death, Heaven, Nature, Sky, Spirituality, Sun

Do We Really Die?

Published on August 4, 2019 by @DwPolkLeave a comment

death, the root fear
where it all ends
this we may believe
with sobbing and with tears

but they all went before us
and they will all go after, and
on and on, like
sunshine, rain, and sunshine

who really knows
what is lost
what is found
beyond the now and here

Categories Poetry•Tags Acceptance, Afterlife, Death, Grief, Heaven, Mourning, Nature, Rebirth, Spirituality

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Daniel W. Polk is a history teacher, mindfulness practitioner, poet, photographer, and writer. His work has been published in Lion’s Roar Magazine, California Quarterly, and other publications. His poetry received an award from the Soul-Making Keats Literary competition.

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