The world lost a great poet, photographer, and artist this year when my husband, David “Harley” Davis, passed away in July from complications resulting from leukemia. How I miss his talent and creativity, his uncanny ability to find and bring home the unusual and rare antiques, and introduce the rest of us to ideas and worlds we never knew existed. While going through his many treasures and writings this summer, it was especially touching for me to come across poems he’d written that I’d never read before, including this one, a message directly to me from eternal worlds. What better way to pay tribute on my blog, I thought, than by sharing his own words, written October 3, 2014 from his hospital bed, at the beginning of his treatments. These words have been a secret treasure to me these last few months, but it’s time to share them with others now. I’ll let his own words take it from here:
“I’m Calm”
I’m calm as a summer morning
A time when dews distill
On ground alert with creatures
That graze on a distant hill.
I’m calm as whispering heather
That sing in a highland breeze
I’m calm as a crystal lake
With images that mirror me.
No greater peace have I then
Where angels came to tell
I’m calm as a summer morning
When Father found me well.
Fear not this sad refrain then
Time goes ever on
Beats warmly rich responding
Our hearts are ever calm.
No love is lost forever
No psalm is silent sung
No bells go unnoticed
When they ring together as one.
I’m calm to see my Master
Embrace him, linger there
I’m calm to see my mother
And enjoy her perfect fair.
I’m calm as a summer morning
Feet dangle in celestial foam
On heavenly beaches lapping
A familiar din back home.
At last the stars are sparkling
And brighten my heavenly shore
I’m calm and await my darling
And will love thee ever more.
This is the Dave I know…. The same I met years–decades–ago. His poetry only got more beautiful. Carter
It did, didn’t it? Thank you, Carter.