NEVERE ENOUGH OF TOO MUCH

By John Herlihy

Some say it is possible to have too much of things;

Too much of the emotions and miseries life brings.

As a child, of time, of sleep or friends never enough;

The day had no true end and the world felt like fluff.

Never enough reasons to justify simply saying “No!”;

We take our pleasures if they come, as winds blow.

Never enough reasons to justify simply saying “Yes”;

Hard work, hardships and suffering hold little caress.

As I grow older, never enough things were mounting;

Life always seems to come up short, whose counting.

Too much money, cars, food or drink, all the tangibles;

Never enough promises, hope, love, all the intangibles.

I now await the future days of my life, my soul to touch;

With every day’s blessing as never enough of too much.