3. YOUR DYING<\/p>\n
Nothing could stop you.
\nNot the best day. Not the quiet. Not the ocean rocking.
\nYou went on with your dying.
\nNot the trees.
\nUnder which you walked, not the trees that shaded you.
\nNot the doctor
\nWho warned you, the white-haired young doctor who saved you once.
\nYou went on with your dying.
\nNothing could stop you. Not your son. Not your daughter
\nWho fed you and made you into a child again.
\nNot your son who thought you would live forever.
\nNot the wind that shook your lapels.
\nNot the stillness that offered itself to your motion.
\nNot your shoes that grew heavier.
\nNot our eyes that refused to look ahead.
\nNothing could stop you.
\nYou sat in your room and stared at the city
\nAnd went on with your dying.
\n…<\/p>\n
Mark Strand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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