One glance and I had lost her in the riot
Of tangled cries.
She trod the clamor with a cloistral quiet
Deep in her eyes
As though she heard the muted music only
That silence makes
Among dim mountain summits and on lonely
Deserted lakes.
There is some broken song her heart remembers
From long ago,
Some love lies buried deep, some passion's embers
Smothered in snow,
Far voices of a joy that sought and missed her
Fail now, and cease . . .
And this has given the deep eyes of God's sister
Their dreadful peace.
A Nun
Odell Shepard
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Poem topics: god, heart, joy, lonely, lost, music, passion, peace, silence, sister, snow, song, long, broken, mountain, quiet, love, I love you, deep, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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