OSS #141: Happy Ending

I was looking for a poem that can go along this comic strip because I wanted to give my thoughts a rest. I can get too preachy at times when all I want is for people to think for themselves. I like how poems make people think, or at least try. I decided to post (without permission so I hope those concerned won't sue me) a poem by Carol Ann Duffy. Her poetry book entitled Rapture (available in Powerbooks) was recommended to me by my partner and I'd like to recommend it to those who are into poems about love in different forms and stages. Here is a sample of her work:

Grief

Grief, your gift, unwrapped,
my empty hands made heavy,
holding when they held you
like an ache; unlooked for,
though my eyes stare inward now
at where you were, my star, my star;
and undeserved, the perfect choice
for one with everything, humbling
my heart; unwanted, too, my small voice
lost for words to thank you with; unusual,
how it, given, grows to fill a day, a night,
a week, a month, teaching its text,
love’s spinster twin, my head bowed,
learning, learning; understood.

- Carol Ann Duffy