Wednesday, April 19, 2023

"Heaven" by Patrick Phillips

In honor of National Poetry Month, I am sharing exquisite poems by talented poets each Wednesday. And this simple poem by Patrick Phillips might be brief but its essential message of longing is profound... and very familiar to anyone who has been around long enough to feel it.

Heaven
by Patrick Phillips

It will be the past
and we'll live there together.

Not as it was to live
but as it is remembered.

It will be the past.
We'll all go back together.

Everyone we ever loved,
and lost, and must remember.

It will be the past.
And it will last forever.



https://www.patrickphillipsbooks.com/

2 comments:

Claire Macy said...

These lines are breathtakingly beautiful.

Jeff said...

Hi Claire,

Agreed. The weight of these ten simple lines is staggering.

Best,
JEF