Night Remains Now. Poem by Emmanuel George Cefai

The shadowy, almost spidery figure of the Monsignor has reappeared. If the POET SEER is like a character in Sophocles, the MONSIGNOR is one of Euripides. There is a distinct difference in intensities. The Poet Seer is the Tragic Hero who reacts immediately and wholeheartedly as soon as his moral self is summoned (My fate cries out to me says Hamlet as he follows the Ghost.) The Monsignor waits to receive or perceive the larger picture. His acts and words will be coherent. Although my sympathies lie with the Poet Seer, I fully understand the need for the cool intelligence of the Monsignor.