Pure and simple
What life teaches
if we are prepared to learn
is to be simple
to tear away all
that is unnecessary
and cut to the quick
to the marrow
Life pared to the bone
unembellished life
in all its beauty
first seen in the breath
of innocents celebrated
in the breath of lovers
who value another
above all else
The purity of the rose
can never be defeated
lips locked in a kiss
can never be outdone
not by poetry not by painting
we are here to give praise
and when we remember
to give thanks for the love
that is shared in our time
and in our space
John Lyons