The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1984, Page 17

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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THE VALLEY
by Freda Bjorn
Looking east across the valley
At the end of summer day,
As the vapors from the meadows
Cast an iridescent ray.
Floating like a veil of silence
Shedding varied shades of light,
Gathering unto the darkness
All the mysteries of night.
Shadows bring the evening chorus,
Hear the night hawk swooping by;
Crickets in the shallow waters
Hush the coyotes haunting cry.
As I listen with compassion,
Nature’s throbbing undertone
Lift me to the higher pasture
Almost to the vast unknown.
Then I hear the lowlands calling
Hoof-beats buried in the ground,
Reawaken in my thinking
Memories of ancient sound.
I become aware of sadness —
Are the twilight years in vain,
Is the chorus of my being
Singing now a sad refrain?
If I linger in the valley
Clinging to the eve of time,
Will I hear the inner echoes
From the heights that are sublime?
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