Shall I Pause to Pick a Penny

by Frank Cavano, MD

Shall I pause to pick a penny from the ground?
Should I write a sonnet that the world’s cape of
mourning glory be placed on crazed shoulders?
Is there sense in shouting my name or persons
in places high prepared to hear its paltry echo?
Shall I put you down that I perceive myself as
climbing higher up a ladder (of cracking rungs)
or extol my beliefs while pasting with vitriol
those to which your heart has life-long clung?
Or shall I do nothing, say nothing and think of
nothing ‘til the silent mind confirms that egos
and differences and pennies are without value
but we are Everything in the Oneness of Love?

Frank Cavano is a retired physician who writes poetry when moved by powerful feelings, thoughts or images. As he describes it, "Most of what I have written seems to fit in the metaphysical/spiritual/inspirational category."

Frank currently lives in Bluffton, SC with his wife of 44 years, Carol. His sons and their wives have blessed the couple with four granddaughters and a grandson who are the light of their lives.

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