Time Heals Poem by Adeline Foster

Time Heals

Rating: 4.5


~ Time Heals


To live each day and not forget
A day that has gone by,
To seek the answer that you get
From memory’s prisoned sigh -
For life goes on though life seem done
And deemed of little worth,
And one will wake when morn has come;
Her cycles plague the earth.
When spirit, stopped up in despair,
Would rend the very soul,
The heart that is too pained to care
Seeks refuge in the cold-
The anesthesia of the rock
Too heavy to be borne
Will wear off as the years go by
And lighter will become.
For even as the oceans
Will wear away a stone,
Time mellows the emotions
To help the pain be borne.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Topic(s) of this poem: poem
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Martin Swords 01 October 2008

Lovely poem, difficult subject. Tightly written and well crafted, beautiful first four lines. See 'The Late Gift' Thank you and keep well.

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Neil Marsden 01 October 2008

Hi Adeline, A very nicely constructed piece of poetry that takes the reader on a journey with beginning, middle and end. The message in your poetry is profound and meaningful and the presentation as one might expect is first class. Take care, Neil.

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Ron Flowers 16 October 2008

Adeline, this is beautiful and sad. I can identify with this one. This is the third one of yours I have read. I like your style. Ron

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Truthful Light Treeclimber 04 January 2009

a joyous nd steady pull of time and emotions shine through in this poem, i love it

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Lynn Glover 22 July 2009

Adeline: Very well written, as usual, and I love the smoothness of your rythem. Really enjoyed it. You got my 10+++ Lynn

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Susan Williams 20 May 2016

Your poem has such a rhythm to it and that is a powerful adding the beat of time passing underneath the words. You handle the reins of writing very very adeptly. Excellent piece.

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Mj Lemon 23 June 2015

This is a very moving work. Time, like the oceans, can move mountains...

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Pink Pixie 30 August 2012

This is very thought provoking, I really like it

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Patti Masterman 19 January 2012

I like your style of rhyming and it's always perfect and beautiful..sort of like the old style of poetry, which I try to write sometimes and which is always pleasing.

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Amrit Rathi 09 June 2010

[For even as the oceans Will wear away a stone, Time mellows the emotions To help the pain be borne. ]-great poem with a mesage so clear. I loved it.10+

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Adeline Foster

Adeline Foster

Instructor of poetry, Hagerstown, MD
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