Article: GLORY.(Poem)

 
   Though a moment of glory every once in a while 
   Isn't too much to hope for, it isn't likely 
   In the one hour of the day remaining 
   Now being filled with a family movie. 
   Here is the comfort of familiar shadows 
   But not the glory of leading those shadows 
   Out of the flickering dark, into the living present. 
   Maybe if I keep the distinction clear 
   I can pride myself at least on a glorious honesty. 
 
   The sight of my cousins, uncles and aunts, 
   Huddled around the cake with my parents 
   On my seventh birthday shows how cherished I was, 
   A boy likely to grow to manhood 
   At ease with himself, confident of his gifts, 
   Daring the loneliness ...

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