Peter Denvid Wright
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Below are two poems from Denvid's verse journal.

Her Sister Is the Moon

 
Her sister is the Moon
And she brings light into my life.
Gentle and soft light, full of Mystery and Romance
Like moonbeams.
Magical moonbeams that dance on the river as it flows by
And make warm shadows on the forest floor.
Soft, cool moonbeams that I bathe in as I walk through the quiet of night.
The stars, like distant cousins, are so far away.
Their light is cold, and scarcely seen.
But the moonbeams create a world of Magick
A world where every path I walk down,
Every turn I make
Brings me a new nightscape,
A new land of wonder and beauty.

Father Sun, with light so strong it can burn,
Or even blind,
Shows me vivid, unmistakable, detail.
In the day I see everything.
Whether it is beautiful or not.

But in the night, I see the shadows and the shapes.
I see Romance and Mystery and Magick
And, in the pale moonbeams, even the ugly becomes sublime.
She is like the Moon,
And her light, like the moonbeams.

Her sister is the Moon
And she brings light into my life.

I Wish I could Be As the Geese

 
I wish I could be as the geese.
I wish I could be with the geese.
I heard them honking
As I rode down by the river.
It's February
But it was in the fifties outside
And a day such as this is a gift from God.
To ignore it
To stay inside
Would be a sin.
So I was on my bike
And I heard the geese honking
As I rode down by the river.
I couldn't see them.
There were some islands in the way
But I could picture them
As they sat floating in the water
Or maybe some were on the shore
As they rested
And maybe listened to riversong
With the quiet restrained melodies it sings in winter.
As I rode and listened,
I wished I could be one with them
  be one of them
As they floated
  And honked
  And rested during the winter
  And did nothing more than be part of the dance,
But I can't.
I am human,
Not a goose,
And, even more,
I am Denvid.
I cannot be less or more than I am.
There is That of God within me
And there is also That of God within the geese.
We are part of the same song
We dance the same dance,
Just with different parts.
If I stop being Denvid
Just to be as the geese,
Then the song will change
All the dancers will falter
Because one partner has changed.
I am Denvid
The geese are the geese
And we are all part of each other.
I wish I could be as the geese
But I can't.
I can feel them, though,
And sing the song
And dance the dance
And they will sing and dance with me.

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