Beautiful Sadness

For a few,

Sadness carries beautiful upon its back,

Making a harmony of wonder and grief.

Through my window,

Light splays through the apple blossoms

Creating a delicate lace joining pink to white,

Comforting my abrasions of the mind

Reaching to heal with the purity of an honest heart.

The breeze gives flight to the petals of preparation,

The fruit of delicate foreshadowing

Making ready its patience,

Like the allowance one gives forgiveness

To flourish in light’s increasing warmth for growing.

Yet…

Constant remains the ache of loss in the next room,

The next song,

The laugh of yesterday’s togetherness. 

Beautiful sadness

Is knowing even though adrift,

Horizons beckon the journey continues.

For like the flowering petals drifting away,

The nourishing fruit of life’s tenacity

Bids welcome to

Beautiful sadness becoming a graceful resplendence.