"And yet, as always..."

"And yet, as always, the springtime sun brings forth new life, and we may rejoice because of this new life and contribute to its unfolding; and Mozart remains as beautiful and tender as he always was and always will be."

-- Albert Einstein (from a letter to Queen Elisabeth of Belgium)

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

November 2014 Poem-A-Day Chapbook Challenge: Day 9

We all are old and wise when we’re sixteen,

When with our seasoned skepsis we proclaim

That there is nothing we have heard or seen

That’s worthy of our time. All truths are lame,

Except for ours. Against the world we stand,

The world that will not ever understand.

Then we grow young and find that on upside

To getting wrinkles is our happiness.

We try no more to turn the ocean tide –

We ride with it. And readily confess

That there’s one thing we ever understood,

One truth, yours for the taking:

Life is good. 

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (a.k.a. "Happy")

prompted by Poetic Asides

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