Rogers Hall School - Splinters Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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CANDLE IN THE DARK She walked fog-swirled People passed. She saw their eyes cutting grooves in the sidewalk Two young men sunk under felt hats Arguing tepidly. She straightened her shoulders, Tightened her stomach, Stared, Forcing their eyes to lift- But no, Dead, they did not reach her through the mist. She walked fog-hid. People passed, laughing I-ligh and happy. These people she lived with . . They, warmed by friendly fires . . . She, frozen out, Her eyes boring holes in the passive snow, Too beaten to try to reach their eyes. And now the fog closed in. She no longer saw the eyes, No longer felt the sting of cold Outside. Her fog held her. She drifted Down and down She walked fog-lost. No sun nor moon nor neon light Could pierce her dark. Then one day a candle came Glowing-soft, And stayed with her! And gently, Gently the mist cleared. And she lit her small wet candle from that Fire so warm, Fire whose closeness Never burned. CONNIE TUCKER '63

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SOFTLY AT DAWN I looked and I saw it, like thousands of doves, Noiseless and peaceful from havens above. It covered the world in a blanket of white, Only to be shattered by man's hurried I-light. Once man awakened, hurried not to be late, I knew that that splendor would only abate. But this day I had seen it in dawn's early morn, Something to cherish as something newbom. LINDA TAFT '64 REALITY In spite of our intellects And high-Hown talking- We can only go on Plodding and walking. Com BRYER '64

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