The Time Was Right

A variation on Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" from the perspective of a father who was ready to depart.

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He’ll rage against the dying of my light

but old age took its toll along the way.

He doesn’t know I think the time is right.

Much wiser than he knows, I welcome night.

My words, well-spent, have said all I could say.

He’ll rage against the dying of my light.

I still affirm my life’s spark has been bright

and never caused the path of man to sway.

He doesn’t know, for me, the time is right.

I’ve known despair and also known delight

but as my time unravels in a fray,

he’ll rage against the dying of my light.

My visions haven’t faded from my sight;

I don’t regret that each day isn’t gay.

He doesn’t know, at last, the time is right.

I’ve pledged obeisance to death’s greater might;

his heart will understand in time, I pray.

He’ll rage against the dying of my light

until he finds I knew the time was right.

By Ken Gosse

From: United States

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