Thursday Poetry
I am not someone who reads a lot of poetry. I do, however, always enjoy the poems that Bonny and Kat and Kym share each month for their Gathering of Poetry. While I am not about to join them, I did read this poem recently and I liked it a lot and decided to share it on this last (and extra) Thursday of November. I hope you find something relatable in it, too.
Mercy by Rudy Francisco She asks me to kill the spider. Instead, I get the most peaceful weapons I can find. I take a cup and a napkin. I catch the spider, put it outside and allow it to walk away. If I am ever caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, just being alive and not bothering anyone, I hope I am greeted with the same kind of mercy.
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Beautiful… and yes! I hope for the same.
Lovely, and thank you for sharing! (I hope you share more poetry when it says something to you!)
Thank you for sharing this beautiful poem, Carole! I think we all hope that we’d receive this kind of mercy.
What a perfectly lovely poem, Carole! I’m so glad you shared it on this “bonus” Thursday! XO
I think that is refrigerator worthy Carole! Thank-you. (And I am a big spider saver!)
Even though I am not a fan of spiders, this is a lovely poem and yes, I wish for the same.
What a lovely sentiment and action. (I refuse to kill spiders in my house in the summer. They are mosquito control devices.)