Death Of A 2 Year Old Child Born In 1941 Poem by Saiom Shriver

Death Of A 2 Year Old Child Born In 1941



As apple flesh
falls away
the eternal seed
is thereby freed.

From sun's dappling
of trees' appling
come free gifts for all
as grow new saplings.

So do souls their
body clothes shed
as they go to God
or take form
in new threads.

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