Today
My world is bright
I am celebrating long years of togetherness
In love
As I walk to the florist
My head is full
I am thinking warm thoughts of romance
In red
Just then
A funeral procession drives by
They are mourning a lifetime of loving
In black
With flowers they try
To beautify the ugliness of death
And recall a life that once blossomed then withered
In vain
Today
I am smiling while others are crying
I am in love while others are lonely
I am safe while others are threatened
I am content while others are hungry
I am living while others are dying
Tomorrow
Fortune’s smile may turn to frown on my life
Black clouds may drift across the sun of my world
Love’s bouquet may be exchanged for a wreath of sorrow
Tomorrow
I may have reason to cry
If I am suddenly alone, frightened and hungry
If love turns its back and hope deserts me
Then I too may wish for all the world
To die
This is life
And what can we do but live it
Grounded in where we are
Conscious of when we are
Truthful to who we are
Searching for why we are
For the world
Is never one place at any one time
And though we may share
Common experiences with many
Precious intimacy with some
Still we live private lives
Inside and out
— Wayne Visser