Killer Poem

[The Voice of Reason]

I found this poem that was written by Bertrand Russell to the woman he loved toward the end of his life. I think it is about as good a poem as one human can write to express his feelings toward another. He used it as the dedication of his autobiography:

To Edith​

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Dedication of Autobiography​

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Through the long years​

I sought peace​

I found ecstasy, I found anguish,​

I found madness,​

I found loneliness,​

I found the solitary pain​

that gnaws the heart,​

But peace I did not find.​

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Now, old and near my end,​

I have known you,​

And, knowing you,​

I have found both ecstasy & peace​

I know rest​

After so many lonely years.​

I know what life & love may be.​

Now, if I sleep​

I shall sleep fulfilled.​

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- Bertrand Russell​

TVOR

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[Lightkeeper]

I love it.

 

[The Voice of Reason]

I love it.

And I you, Lightkeeper, and I you. Seriously - if you don't like this poem... well, woof.

TVOR

 

[Sunstone]

I love the poem! Thanks for posting it, TVOR. We're a species that's made for companionship.

 

[Bastet]

I love it too - thanks for posting it! :jam:

*edit* Well, hmph! I was going to give you frubals for posting this poem, but it says I "must spread some karma around" before I can give you any more. I guess you were the last person I gave it to...seems a bit silly, since I don't often give frubals, that I'm being restricted as to whom the deserving person should be. :bonk: I could throw them round willy nilly, but that kind of defeats the purpose.

 

[Michelle]

This was beautiful.

 

[Jaymes]

Wow. That's kind of creepy, actually, because I was thinking something along those exact lines earlier today.

TVOR, get out of my brain! :bonk:

 

[The Voice of Reason]

Sunstone, Michelle and Jensa -

I'm adding you to my Buddy list and I know I don't need to tell you just how good that looks on your resume. Feel free to brag to your friends. I'm pretty sure that they'll be impressed. If they aren't, then they aren't really your friends after all.

Bastet - thanks for the thought on the frubals. You'd be amazed at how often I try to frubal someone, and get that message. I spread them around pretty well, but I still get the message. Frustrates me no end. I rarely remember to come back to whatever it was I was gonna frubal in the first place, after I "spread 'em around". It's the thought that counts.

Thanks,
TVOR