Greetings from beyond the page
Salute the rising rose
red in its bed
for you chose
above all else
love
as your path
to happiness
knowing that this
would set your breath
against the wind
that your spirit
would sometimes fail
and that your heart
would be left
to find its way
among the thorns
Salute the rising sun
proud parent of us all
witness too to our trials
and tribulations
Salute the stars
that guide our path
at night or when
we are lost at sea
The mystery of love
is one we carry deep within
our full-blooded frames
we in our oneness
constantly in pursuit
of the perfect duplicate
but life’s duplicities
lead us so easily astray
Salute the wisdom
of the child’s kiss
of a mother’s or a father’s
given in the innocence
of love’s nature
We are to live
for no other purpose
than love and on occasions
we must die for it
without question
John Lyons