Tom found it!

I wrote this poem a long time ago, and had lost all my hard copies. I knew it was “somewhere” on backup media, but no idea what type (tape, diskette, CD?) or where to find it at all. Last week, Tom discovered it and I ran off a hard copy. Here it is, recopied.

Wisdom’s Sway

I cry to Sophia:

The joy of life has abandoned me,
The pain of life has brought me down,
The future is bleak –
I am
weary.

The time of birthing has passed
My children are gone from my arms
The hearth is dark –
I am
alone.

What I knew in my youth is forgotten
What I believed in my prime is proved false
I face failure –
I am
afraid.

Thus says Sophia:

With the jubilation of the wind I move
With the power of the seas I build
In the depth of the heavens I know

With the warmth of the sun I have life
With the rhythm of the moon I dance
In the cold of the stars I sleep

With the birth of creation I have awakened
With the knowledge of life I have acted
In the cycle of time I shall return

(written 9 June 1998, all rights reserved)