A life measured
A life measured in footsteps
in paces taken
in voices and in gestures
in kisses given
and kisses withheld
a life measured in skies
numbered and tabulated
in the heart
and how the land inclined
this way and that
with its separate foliage
and its exotic birds
that flowered all year round
A life measured in harmonies
in peace at dawn
and as the sun set
a life measured
in questions and answers
and in the congress of bodies
and the warmth of skin upon skin
days lived in the absence
of anger and discord
and the poems there
to tell of love
and to count our steps
to heaven
John Lyons