And like the leaf
That blew far away
From the forest I’ve
Spent time wondering where
And how but knowing
That if I did
Then surely more have
And surely more will
When yesterday one did
And that one meant
More to me than
Any forest ever could
And like the leaf
That blew far away
From the forest I’ve
Spent time wondering where
And how but knowing
That if I did
Then surely more have
And surely more will
When yesterday one did
And that one meant
More to me than
Any forest ever could
Knowing where one belongs
Is different from knowing
Ones place admitting what
Makes one sing is
More important than being
Able to sing being
Comfortable with nearly nothing
Is oftentimes calmer than
Seeking everything happiness should
Be spelt happeness for
I have found my
Greatest happiness when things
That make me happiest
Naturally quietly simply happen
I’m no longer afraid
Or angry oh yes
I retreated into myself
When like a turtle
I’d been touched too
Often by unfamiliar hands
But now time passed
And out I come
No longer wishing to
Impress but be impressed
Like a tarnished penny
Full of glee at
The sight of newly
Minted and shiny pennies
Oh aren’t they beautiful
I no longer wished
That life vying and
Betting on the unknown
What once had been
Sputtered and lurched like
A car out of
Petro in the desert
Now stranded does one
Return to what’s known
What never really was
Or move on into
The what might be
There’s no rhyme nor
Reason why two people
Friends lovers or otherwise
That are essentially different
Yet attract one another
Some may say that
They see what’s missing
In the other but
I think not I think
That what brings
Two different people together
Friends lovers or otherwise
Are their shared strengths
For strength can be
That shoulder upon which
To lean that hand
In which to hold
That smile that invites
And that wink which
Causes a shadowy blush