OCTOBER THIRTY-FIRST
(Jay Bryant 1942-1965)
The very night
He fell away
Forever gone
He entered me
And stayed with me
Now more than half
A century
He does not speak
Or hear
Or see
But quietly
He holds my heart
In both his hands
And leans his silence
Into me
William McCann
I am William McCann,
the man I am at 80
the man I am at 30
and all the men I have been before
and in between
and will be.
the man I am at 80
the man I am at 30
and all the men I have been before
and in between
and will be.