Rue

For what I did 
And did not do 
And do without 
In my old age
Rue, not rage 
Against that night 
We go into, 
Sets me straight 
On what to do 
Before I die —  
Sit in the shade, 
Look at the sky


--Samuel Menashe (1925-2011) found at http://ghpoetryplace.blogspot.com/2012/03/rue.html

Photo: Peter considers his denial of Jesus, detail from the Passion-side walls of La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.