Wednesday, September 3, 2008

On Having No Words To Say

This is for Hector. May you have finally found peace in the core of your own deep heart. We loved you.

The Lake Isle Of Innisfree

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the mourning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet's wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.

-William Butler Yeats

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Rest in Peace Hector, you truly were salt of the earth! I will always smile to "Tu Madre" and the back of your hand, Killians Irish Red, and your beloved Atlanta Falcons!

I hope you are in a better place.

Anonymous said...

Thank you Ray Ray you always have the right words and thoughts- Hector is now in a place where he can finally be at peace- that is what my heart keeps telling me.

Jen said...

Amen.