Moods and Meanings
I await the hands of Fate
to shape and mold me through the years
I feel the strain of each subtle change
preparing for laughter or tears
I hear the bells in the chapel knell
across the hills of the country parish
and I stand nude for a change of mood
for death or a foundling marriage.
No emotion of mine is born of time
nor the acts occurring within it
for the spin I feel is of another wheel
which marks neither deeds nor minutes
I push the clouds across Autumn skies
and sweep them away for June
I bring the snow that December knows
and the rain for Spring afternoons
I am the perfume in the sweet peas bloom
and the blackberry amid the briars
I am and I do, yes both are true
for I exist to feed Life’s fire
You cannot touch me for I have no form to see,
though you never doubt that I am here.
I am the difference between life and existence.
I am the joy, the pain, the challenge, and fear.
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recognizing that life is so much more than just existing
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