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Yet [*/+/^] : Wishes For Final Arrangements, 1

I pray that Starward shall be on my gravestone,

standing over my mundane name:

this format has been signed to my spiritual poetry;

not the mundane name on which, truth be known,

my mocking parents and classmates poured shame,

mostly in hard words of profane condemnation.


But, Lord, You intervened and have given great blessings to me---

the joy of the Common Salvation

which is, and shall be, my soul's chiefest exultation

among the redeemed of the great congregation.



Starward

Author's Notes/Comments: 

LEST I ALARM A CONCERNED OR KIND READER:  No jeopardy, of which I am aware, compels this poem.  Its content needs only to be put on the record---that I wish to be buried as Starward.


 

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©15 February 2020 - 9:13am — S74rw4rd
16 February 2020 - 12:33am — patriciajj
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I completely understand your

I completely understand your wishes: a name is everything, especially when it has such spiritual significance, and it's never too early to makes arrangements. The candor and openness in your work helps readers connect, to relate, and that is an important quality in any form of writing. 

16 February 2020 - 2:15am — S74rw4rd
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Thanks for understanding the

Thanks for understanding the intention of this poem, and the others on which you have commented.  Your comments always encourage me, and validate for me that I have made the right decisions on what to post.  Thanks again for bringing brightness to what has turned out to be a most dreary and difficult day.

Starward