Undying pulse
Blood and breath
taken for granted
thought and feeling too
how the sunlight
reaches into the earth
producing all energy
including the air
that we breathe
and such an array
of beauty in the natures
around us / not to mention
our own
To speak of blood
its flow and its warmth
and to speak of the words
shaped by tooth and tongue
how vocal this world of ours
how intricate
the truths of the rose
and of her beauty
and of our love
and its undying pulse
John Lyons