It Tolls for Thee
Posted By Randy on March 8, 2015
“No man is an iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.” ~ John Donne, Meditation 17, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
Dark Sentiments 2014 – Home Invasions spoke of one example, drawn from personal experience, of the inevitable need to draw the line. Now, as Mrs. LFM and I are newly returned from our cellar and dealing with the aftermath of a late Winter onslaught, I offer this brief verse in memory of the recent fallen.
It Tolls for Thee
By LFM
Last night in my cellar,
A Mouse and two Moles,
Discovered the answer
For whom the bell tolls.
They died for a reason.