I’d like to take a moment to wish all of my colleagues and friends a very special, prosperous, and happy New Year…. God bless you all and thank you for sharing life with me…… John
(Please click the play button below to follow along with me)
My Friend Kim
Within such beauty I should find,
by corners, depth, and width of mind…
The love we shared, that glorious bind,
so rare to know, this heaven’s kind.
And as I wonder of life’s sublime
and of nature’s boisterous crime
that all should fail in the wisp of time,
a moment, an eon, an erosion of kind….
Even the greatest mountain will frail,
and every comet shall lose its tail…
Time marches, a new crag prevails,
a star explodes, a born comet sails….
And of all the new I embrace by heart,
of the old I linger, reluctant to part
Somewhere between I find my soul,
A child really, spectator of old.
That thing we shared, a moment’s fold,
Nothing more now than a story told.
But beyond nature’s grasp I have found
a lasting truth of the greatest sound:
That every moment captured us,
and within them ……
our spirits shall dance forever.
And I will always smile.
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Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
~Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1850
December 31st, 2011 at 4:08 pm
John, this is one of the most touching poems I have read in a long time. So many beautiful times one has in life, but now only the memories remain. But at least we have those, don’t we? And yes, our spirits will dance forever. I feel this poem too, from the inside.
Happy New Year to you, John! Wishing you all the best.
December 31st, 2011 at 4:25 pm
John that beautiful poem has told me more about you than any other post you have written. It is so touching , thank you for sharing and Happy New Year XXXXXX
January 1st, 2012 at 5:55 am
I found beauty in this, and I can relate to much in it.
January 4th, 2012 at 2:31 am
Excellent imagery and lyrical rhyme in this one. Beside, I love the beauty of the cosmos. Thanks!
January 8th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
John — great to see you posting again! Missed your poems!