After a while you learn
the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul
and you learn
that love doesn't mean leaning
and company doesn't always mean security
and you begin to learn
that kisses aren't contracts
and presents aren't promises
and you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of woman, not the grief of a child
and you learn
to build all your roads on today
because tomorrow's ground is
too uncertain for plans
and futures have a way of falling down
in mid-flight
after a while you learn
that even sunshine burns
if you get too much
so you plant your own garden
and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone
to bring you flowers
and you learn that you really can endure
you really are strong
you really do have worth
and you learn
and you learn
with every goodbye, you learn...
© 1971 Veronica A. Shoffstall
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Comments (2)
HappyDance
and why am I awake when the night wears on? why do I not remember this familiar song? why do I linger on the brink of what was and what can be? can't I see it's all been done before? and it's such a bore... but jaded isn't who I am when the darkness falls... and I can't run, but it seems I've stumbled, so now I crawl... and the hope I seek is the peace I keep in this quiet hour. there's no power gained in this refrain- still- love calls us all by name. so the chambers where we breathe and live are pumping still- we bleed into them and out again and never get our fill... It's a chemical thing that brings us here but the heart takes on and words fall short and lose their sense so we second guess. and all I want is the simple thing- not to wear his ring- just his hand in mine, love that sings and the hope it brings. we make it so hard once fear tears our soul and we lose control- So let's give it up! Just fill this cup of our remaining days... and I raise my glasss to toast the love that brings us home- it won't be denied cause it's all inside! No need to roam. Where the pilgrim rests her weary head on the other's chest and we're all blessed... if we can see the reality... we're blessed indeed. And this is all we need...
se_400_Lux
...if it arrives let it the heart the pounding movement of the skin lines on your hands the colors... your words stir me to writing.... we are here>.