Love Life
a precious gift...because we believe
Love Life
a precious gift
Life conceived
Was born
A precious gift
From above
It was
Not a moment
Too soon
Not a moment
Too late
Alas
At once
Bookended
By death
The grim reaper
Monkey on
Our back
Sits there in our psyche
The elephant in the room.
Nobody
Not anyone
Minding it
We plug away
A lifetime of joy
Making everyday
Decisions
Making dreams
Come true
To be blissful
Be in cloud nine
Pursued
A garden paradise
A sky
Cerulean life
Yet from
Nowhere
Dark clouds
The horsemen
Gather
A dreadful
Storm wailing
Near and far
The merciless
Reaper
The agent
Of the macabre
Morbidity
Picks his nose
Stirs the pot
Psychs us out
Unleashed Cerberus
At a time
We are most
Exposed
Caught
Unguarded
Vulnerable
Our weaknesses
Lay naked
A cry of grief
Of pain
We are
At his mercy
Yes
Life screamed first
And
Twin death echoed
Shadowing since
And
In time growled
The small
Space between
Life and death
A sliver room
Of time
We cherish
The time
We love
The time
We are loved
The refuge
For togetherness
Where friendship
Resides
A family abode
The space now
Filled with a plague
A contagion
Of a thousand satans
From Dante’s
Inferno
Cracked
Intruded
The keep
The hearth
We succumbed
Were Conquered
We fell ill
Felt pain and sorrow
Anxieties
Spun our world
In the weirdest
Insane wobbly
Orbit
Leashed
Hades tethered
We
Pause
Gather
Our strength
Our steel resolve
Again
Look to the blue sky
The warm sun
The clear night sky
The silver moon
Take comfort
In our FAITH
Dug in
The foxhole
Search our soul
Rub our eyes
Look on the mirror
Fall back on
Our beliefs
Our humanity
Prodigal sons
We were yes
But
We are humbled
Grateful in
Many ways
Were and are
Naked
Body and soul
In submission
Prone on the floor
We seek ever
Meekly
Graces
From above
We pray we HOPE
For healing
We kneel
For the LOVE of life
In our bosom
The celestial virtues
Kept in the hearth
In our heart
At all times
***
(c)2.09.2021
Photo: Screenshot online
Because we believe - a Love poem to Life inspired by and dedicated to the Tau Alpha Warriors and their spouses battling the pain that is inflicted upon the Brothers and their loved ones by the Covid 19 Virus and other life threatening illnesses.
Written wee hours after the Zoom Novena Prayer Session of February 8, 2021.
