'Mercy in our Time' (poem) written by Nancy Hopkins

Let not mistaken mercy

blind my fading sight,

no false euphoria lull me.

I would not unprepared 

take this last journey.

Give me a light to guide me

through dark valleys,

a staff to lean upon,

bread to sustain me,

a blessing in my ear

that fear may not assail me.

Then leaving do not hold my hand,

I go to meet a friend -

that same who traced

compassion in the sand.

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