Beyond our context, out of time,
can we believe the things we read?
Are these imagined, false or fact,
or signs that we should test and heed?
A woman dies then finds new life,
a metaphor or something real?
The narrative has truth to tell
in what we see and what we feel.
Verses 3-5 follow
Metre: 8.7.8.7
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Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
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