Thought Waves: A Poem
Improvement Era, vol. 8, no. 1, November 1904, p. 48
Townsend, J. L.
48 IMPROVEMENT ERA
"'Where have you been?' asked Brother Joseph and the guard of me as I entered the house. " *0h, out for a little exercise,' I answered.
''And a smile of incredulity passed over their faces, as they observed how wet my clothes were. But they never suspected from my happified countenance the struggle through which I had passed." Salt Lake City, Utah.
THOUGHT WAVES. {For the Improvement Era)
I wonder if beautiful memories Of dear ones of long ago. Come borne on the wings of their loving thoughts, Because I have loved them so? Some telepathic or message wave They waft o'er the bounds of space, That brings me the tones of an absent voice And joy of an absent face! For often I think of the golden hours Long hidden in memory's haze, And think of the friendly and cherished ones Beloved in my youthful days; And silently, softly, one seems to come Across from the mystical land, Eenewing the glow of an early love And touch of a vanished hand! So, ever these beautiful memories. Of dear ones of long ago, Are bringing the forms of my loved to me. Because I have loved them so! And oft they return from the vanished ones Who entered their heavenly rest, And bring me the dear, sweet thoughts again Of those I have loved the best.
Payson, Utah — J. L. TOWNSEND.