I… (Thoughts At Easter Time On A Park Bench)

 

I sit and watch

    Some of God’s miracles

As they run around searching

    For colored eggs;

Enjoying their innocents,

The first gift they ever received

Thanks to the almighty one’s generosity.

 

I wonder with a melancholy smile

    How long before life breaks

        Their precious gift.

Have some of them

Already had it stolen?

Keeping their disappointment

    Hidden beneath the beautiful wrapping

        It came in.

 

I begin to ponder why we eventually lose

    The one thing that makes us

        Feel the freest,

Before we are robbed and chained to

    Disappointment…

    Heartache…

        And lies.

 

I shed a tear of joy

For how life begins

    For all of us,

Then weep like

    A rainstorm

        For what we lose

On the journey to the afterlife.

 

I then go about

    My business of enjoying

    What I still have,

Cherishing all that I love;

Cause I know wholeheartedly

That I am here today

But could be gone tomorrow.

Reviews

[Dhaye]

Nice message I got here. Indeed life is so short, so we must live it to the fullest.
"My business of enjoying
What I still have,
Cherishing all that I love;
Cause I know wholeheartedly
That I am here today
But could be gone tomorrow."

Very relevant. Thanks for the share.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you for reading and taking time to respond. I was in one of my reflective moods again.

[Dhaye]

Thanks to that reflective mood, you have shared another piece with a life's lesson to remember.
read moreThanks to that reflective mood, you have shared another piece with a life's lesson to remember.
God bless!

[Corset]

how absolutely beautiful these thoughts you have shared, I can almost see them in my mines eye, pudgy arms reaching under bushes, and peeping into holes, there is just something so pure and wonderful about poems that express the joy and innocence of children.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you very much. glad you enjoyed the words that come from my heart.

[Corset]

Then you have a such a beautiful heart after all, no matter what all those people said! JK!!!!(chuckles)

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Well thank you for believing in me (oh how foolish of you, LOL)

[Corset]

rotflmao, yes well I've always been a little thick in the brain, haha

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Brain? What is that? I want one.

[Corset]

well yo can have mine it only works when fed cheetos and wine, I tells ya, worthless it is.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Make it cheetos and beer and I would take it in a second, LOL

[Renée]

I love, that I hear a man's voice on this subject of innocence.. we sit on the bench with you, watching the children gleefully gathering eggs, wishing to protect them…I love that you end this piece on a positive note.. Beautiful Work Poet !

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you so much… I guess I am just a sensitive guy, can't help myself.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

there is such truth in this...kids are so innocent, so truthful, so loving unconditionally, but life changes that and sometimes dyes those eggs a really dark color.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you sir for your insightful input. Always appreciated.

[redflutterby]

Oh Cowboy...you brought tears to my eyes! This is so true and so touching! Absolutely beautiful...;-)x

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Thank you very much sweetie, it came from deep in my heart so to hear how it touched you moved me.

[redflutterby]

Youre welcome...I'm putting it in my favorites!!

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Wow thank you, for that I am honored.