Any Woman, 1940
I had not thought of this. . . I knew there’d be weariness and dread, And the waiting and the darkness pressing downward And comrades dead. I thought of this and of quick youth stilled, (Like broken blossom or a haltsung song) Of loneliness . . . and young blood spilled And the lone long Hours when thoughts crowd out the ghost of sleep. I had thought of these .. .. but now I pray Not for torn limbs but for a mind gone halt, Not for bodily grace now marred, But for a soul forever scarred, Twisted and maimed and sore. I should have asked for more... I can do nothing for a broken faith, I cannot even keep the wraith Of memory away. They haunt each day, and every silent night Is peopled by young faces and -old fears _ And ghastly places... may for ever tears. S6,Ged sas My prayer before, sure, strong, so fierce a thing Grown tear-wet, mellowed, stumbling in its plea, Now asks of Thee, That he may feel the swift desire to sing again, Forgetting pain.
Nancy J.
Monoro.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 81, 10 January 1941, Page 42
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181Any Woman, 1940 New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 81, 10 January 1941, Page 42
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