Living Times

Every age has gifts
Paid across time’s immensity,
None to be discounted
In its value to we who wait
For the moment catching up.
Our pleas cannot stop
The passing of hands over
The pale counted face
Yet we linger in hoping
God may more years, us, bestow.
All finally know
Each hour is precious to spend
In loving those whom
Dear to us, become, ever are
Life is a treasure, so much more.
The child, youth, grown-up,
Middle-aged, seniors, elders, fading,
All precious, surpassing dear;
Lord, give us life, love,
Help us live without bounds, alive,
Keep us well in health, clarity,
And protect us from doubt and fear,
All our lives let us be blessings of love,
Every moment, hour, day, month, and year.

2020.06.08 Still life

Nothing Spared

This is both realist, idealist, pessimistic, and optimistic. You look at that glass and see one state, I look at it and see at least three. I think, to some degree, I live in multiple realities. Maybe I will write about it sometime, for now, the poem that brought me here.

What we hold in hand
One moment another can
Require so sudden
Prying from our fingers grasp
The prized thing we dream will last.
Whether property,
Relationship, talent, skill,
We may against will
Be made to apply what is
Ours to uses beyond us.
It is good to be
Aware and grateful for all
We have, do, and are
Always, for the world without
Fair reason may call us, debt due,
Though nothing in truth
We owe, but to love fully,
Do our best going onward,
Our gains may forfeit be
At a sudden whim of fate,
We are cast upon the path
Which to conquer is so slow
We begin again to prosper
To fill our plate and appetites sate.

2020.06.07 edit barn hay downsized

Uptake

Sometimes the world is
Too much in our faces, putting
Fists against our chests;
We must breathe finding release
Getting to rest, refuge, peace.
Hurt,
Hurts are not our destiny,
We are here for more, for life,
Abundance, liberty, love
We are meant to succeed
Triumph over adversity.
Eagles,
We are and majestic lions,
Courageous with ability
To exceed the limits before us
Building more than expected
Becoming, overcoming, reaching
Heights,
We can scale them step by step
Handholds and footholds leading
To the fulfillment of lofty goals
Dreams made manifest, blest,
In everything excelling the test.