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Date Posted: 13:44:24 09/10/02 Tue
Author: Raphaela
Author Host/IP: webcacheM06b.cache.pol.co.uk / 195.92.194.16
Subject: Re: Adopted Son
In reply to: Richard Blake 's message, "Adopted Son" on 07:51:07 09/07/02 Sat

Deep and meaningful with a poignant endline.

Could you clarify this line for me please:

'since he forsook the life of bore'

Thanks

Raphaela


>Adopted son, though cherished much,
>will never feel the arms
>or touch the weary face that strove
>so hard against alarms,
>but knows that such a selfless love,
>if given to a worm
>will not unfold to bear its fruit
>when all it does is squirm.
>
>He knows how tough it is to look
>beside all that remains,
>and took the other road as fair,
>yet now is rapt in chains,
>since he forsook the life of bore,
>pursuing what was said
>before to justify his means:
>now wishing himself dead.

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