ACCLAIM

Promise of spring

    Still early

No way to hedge bets

Hope replaces reason

What we want

   Supersedes

Recognition of possibilities

One man’s cheer

    Another’s sorrow

New life imminent as

    We lay who is lost

         Into the ground

Not soon enough

   Too soon

As hearts

   Heavy

      Barely endure

Selfish wishes

   Tempered by profound need

To help sooth aching hearts

This full moon brought pain

   We were looking

      For something else

Playing with dreams

   Facing harsh reality

Lost for now

   Unimportant desires

Facing us is

   Realization of life

      As a precious gift

Abandon idle ways

   Live every moment

Aware of need

   Aware of wonder

Sorrow for loss

   Gratitude for life

By Steve Haarman

03/13/12