Poetry Train Monday - 67 - Mission

Today's poem is dedicated to my friend Pam Langille, who passed away last July and whose memorial service is coming up this Friday. There are two services, actually, one at 4:00 pm at St. Andrew's United Church in Halifax and one at 6:00 pm at the North Street Church, also in Halifax.

I'm posting a poem by one of Canada's brilliant voices - Leonard Cohen.

The first picture shows the Hemlock Ravine in Halifax/Bedford, because Pam was a passionate advocate of the Acadian forest and spoke very lovingly of hemlocks. The second photo was taken of Pam's resting place at the foot of an old hemlock in the woodland of a great friend of hers.















Mission


I've worked at my work
I've slept at my sleep
I've died at my death
And now I can leave
Leave what is needed
And leave what is full
Need in the Spirit
And need in the Hole
Beloved, I'm yours
As I've always been
From marrow to pore
From longing to skin
Now that my mission
Has come to its end:
Pray I'm forgiven
The life that I've led
The Body I chased
It chased me as well
My longing's a place
My dying a sail

- Leonard Cohen