Saturday, May 2, 2009

Falsehood Real


So desperate is the will forsaken
The soul in anguish waken
The lament of a living lie
The sound of your hue and cry
No longer can you conceal
The loss, the fear, the falsehood real
Hushed only by truth and God's love within
The search, the knowing, the absolved sin.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



Falsehood Real, Rose Marie Raccioppi, THE WIND AND THE WILLOW, Publish America, 2008.

Orpheus, 1775-1776, Antonio Canova, Italian Sculptor, 1757-1822, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

2 comments:

joanne pellone novack said...

All i can say is wow. Terrific. My emotions took flight. How true that Only God's love can help, the truth be known. This poem struck my soul within. thanks.

Rose Marie Raccioppi said...

And so dear Joanne, we hear the voice of Spirit and know the Glory of God's forgiveness.