Sharon Denney is a poet, a friend, and the head of the Mansion Residents Association. She is also a published poet living in the Mansion and dealing with several health problems. Occasionally, she writes a poem, which I read to other residents in my Meditation Class. I gave her a realistic “cat” she loves and keeps in her room for company. I was in the Mansion today, and Sharon kindly brought me her newest poem.

I’ll read it to the Mansion residents on Friday, but I wanted to share it with you. Sharon is impressive; she is brave, dignified, and uncomplaining. I know she is suffering, and her poems heal her and others. She is committed to her creativity and her poetry.

Poem: “Everything I do,” by Sharon Denney.

“Everything I do,

I am comforted by you,

When I look at the moon

I know where ever you are,

you are looking at the same one,

When I look at a large sugar maple in the Fall

It’s all oranges, reds and yellows;

So beautiful is nature.

What you see with your eyes;

You feel with your heart,

Emotions run high; happiness is great.

True love abides

The moon is smiling.”

• Sharon Denney

Thanks Sharon.