ANON. Having read some of your books BEYOND and The Immortalists , I decided to make a tiny contribution – that may or may not interest those who follow your website blogs.
YOU LEARN
After a while you learn
The subtle difference
Between holding a hand
And chaining a soul.
And you learn
That love doesn’t mean leaning,
And company doesn’t mean security.
And you begin to learn
That kisses aren’t contracts
And presents aren’t promises.
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes ahead.
With the grace of a woman or man
Not the grief of a child.
And you learn to build all your roads on today
Because tomorrow’s ground is
Too uncertain for plans
And futures have a way of falling down
In mid-flight.
After a while you learn
That even sunshine burns if you ask too much.
So you plant your own garden
And decorate your own soul
Instead of waiting for someone to bring you
flowers.
And you learn
What you really can endure
That you really are strong
And you really do have worth.
And you learn
And you learn
With every failure
You learn.
