Easter thoughts

All pleasures
all pains
of the heart
celebrate
what is

love in its simplicity
the fourth dimension
to being breath

here for so many years
and never to be taken
for granted

given freely
warmly received
there is no pressure
when it is true
it is what is
in life

it does not pass
with the days
the months
the years
or with death

love is the greatest
of all survivors
it holds faith and hope
in patience
keeps them
close to the heart

no metaphor
could ever do it
justice
it just is what it is

a life
built around love
cannot go wrong

John Lyons

True miracle

Perhaps darkness
           is the true miracle
in an ever-expanding universe
           full of energy and light
we have the beauty
           of day and of night
of tulips
           that close their petals
when temperatures drop
           We have the pleasure too
of falling asleep
           in a lover’s arms
and of waking to a kiss
           and a brand new day

John Lyons

while there is flesh

while there is flesh
on your bones
you owe it to yourself
to make your feelings
clear to those you love
and who love you

while there is breath
in your lungs
and light in your eyes
you owe it to yourself
to live love to the full
and unceasingly

openly and honestly
without prevarication
center yourself on it
nothing else matters

John Lyons