Shine On: Visions of Life

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That the ‘ancients’ had withheld

And had guarded with their lives.

The choice was mine and mine alone.

I do not know what choice I made

For in an instant I was wide awake.

But I do not have material things

But a gift of ‘knowing’

That I know cannot be bought or sold

For a pot of gold.

3 Our World (#ulink_d0b53db5-5978-576c-9160-b6fded251f84)

There were so many poets that influenced Betty’s life, and one special to her was W.H. Auden. He wrote poems and cabaret lyrics in the thirties including ‘Funeral Blues’ which was read in Four Weddings and a Funeral. He also wrote a libretto for the Benjamin Britten opera Paul Bunyan. He was a great scholar and always wrote about social issues, and Betty always felt an affinity toward him. Auden died in 1973, leaving three posthumous poems to be printed after his death. Betty did the same with the poems in this book – I am sure they both have much to talk about in the dimension beyond!

Will you accept

From the mind of a child

A simple concept

That people inept

Unable to fathom

How to regain

A world without pain

Should relinquish their tasks

To alleviate anguish

And fear of the past

That was nurtured by hate

So that we may restore –

Not kill and deface –

Our World?

This beautiful place.