-- It Takes Winter --
by John Herlihy
It takes winter to show us
White breath in the crystal air
It takes summer to show us
Faces of sunflowers raised in prayer
It takes a crowd to show us
The inner sanctum of solitude
It takes clear blue skies to show us
The true meaning of beatitude
It takes a lost love to show us
What it really means to be alone
It takes betrayal to show us
How it feels to be turned into stone
It takes an act of sex to show us
The true meaning of lust
It takes an act of friendship to show us
The true meaning of trust
It takes the dawn to show us
The first rays of daylight
It takes the twilight to show us
The first shadows of the night
It takes loss to show us
The true meaning of longing
It takes gain to show us
The true meaning of belonging
It takes the river to show us
The persistent movement of its flow
It takes the night to show us
The inner light of moonglow
It takes mountains to show us
The winter snows at their peaks
It takes a smile to show us
The rosy glow of our cheeks
It takes music to show us
So many rhythmic melodies sublime
It takes poetry to show us
Such melodic verses in rhyme
It takes lightning to show us
The electric power of sight
It takes thunder to show us
The awesome power of sound
It takes the sea to show us
The wide variety of its moods
It takes winter storms to show us
The ferocity of how the season broods
It takes a wound to show us
The meaning of the pain
It takes a lifetime to show us
That nothing in life stays the same
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Copyright ©John Herlihy
Sunday 28 April 2024
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