CHANGE

“This year she has changed greatly”— meaning you –

My sanguine friends agree,

And hope thereby to reassure me.


No, child, you never change; neither do I.

Indeed all our lives long

We are still fated to do wrong,


Too fast caught by care of humankind,

Easily vexed and grieved,

Foolishly flattered and deceived;


And yet each knows that the changeless other

Must love and pardon still,

Be the new error what it will:


Assured by that same glint of deathlessness

Which neither can surprise

In any other pair of eyes.

— Robert Graves

The author wishes to express his devotion to Deborah Drooz and James Truman, for their courage, their loyalty, their unflagging great care. I give you my heart.

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