Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Once in a While...

Once in a while, the world turns dark.
Once in a while, the world rains.
For a moment.
For an interval.
For a period.

Once in a while, the heart turns heavy.
Once in a while, the heart weeps.
For a moment.
For an interval.
For a period.

Once in a while, the eyes turn puffy.
Once in a while, the eyes tear.
For a moment.
For an interval.
For a period.

Raining. Weeping. Tearing.

Moments gone.
Intervals gone.
Periods gone.
As time goes by.

The rain stops.
The heart calms.
The eyes dry.
As the once in a while slips by.

The world brightens.
The heart lightens.
The eyes no longer swollen.

Has the once in a while left? Just like this?

Every once in a while.
The moment. The interval. The period.

Such once in a while comes.
Yet such once in a while remains.
Remain as memories to recall.
In the world. In the heart.
Sometimes, in the eyes.
Only it fades slowly with time.


Once in a while, the world turns dark.
Once in a while, the world rains.
For a moment.
For an interval.
For a period.

Yes. Only for a while.

The rain eventually will stop.
Heart-warming things do happen sometimes.
As someone comes along and offers
With a brolly to shelter you over.

2 Comments:

Blogger Rhiannon said...

Woooonnnnnddderful!...and soooo true!..I feel this very deeply, this poem writing thought you put so eloquentely. Thank you for sharing it..

Dreaming_firefly, I'm just dropping by all my friends blogs to say "Have a Happy Thanksgiving and Love, Light and Peace for this World"!..:o)

With Angel Blessing to "you"..:o)

Rhi

November 23, 2005 10:20 AM  
Blogger J. Andrew Lockhart said...

I enjoyed your work and look forward of seeing more ===
jal

November 25, 2005 3:05 PM  

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