For The Ones We've Lost...........................

Every time I think things are okay

life gives me little nudges,

...little reminders

to bemuse my trudges

and to say

nothing really

is within my clutches

Existence...

...It may as well be

a dance of unrehearsed incidences,

a random collection of ascents and descents

In the midst of these consciously planned
unconscious demolitions,

we are

simply living out the motions

We sleep to awaken

awaken to dream

of a future

 we may never see

for we create only to rupture

and build only to shatter

Relationships, Friendships
and all the other ships we build 

should really sail on one

and only one ocean

- Love

There is so much I want to say

I know,
there is much more that you would have wanted to convey

Do we know when it will be done?

Maybe never, maybe someday

Sometimes the pain and hurt just take over
Love songs on the radio

Hymns in my heart

bring endless tears

while I try to figure out

whether to scream or shout

or simply not look back

at the history of dreams

or, to a time when life was simpler

Living, playing, laughing, eating

with no shame

or aims of gain

All that mattered was the sharing

and the love

Now life and its pains take over
And............Life is truly wasted on the Living

I think of you and of the others I miss

Lost tender touches, missing smiles

and that feeling of bliss

of unspoken words and unexpressed love

Be it with friends, family
or just people we have met

Love, Affection, Respect, Kindness

as well as

Gratitude and Forgiveness

These are little gifts

we simply failed
to harness

In the final analysis,

it does not matter

who says what to whom

It matters even less

who says what to whom

It matters that we love and we care

That we forgive and give thanks

and that for each other,
 we are always there

For tomorrow we may be gone

and Life...
... will truly have been wasted on the Living