The Heart Expects

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I wish you all peace and love for this and each New Year as they come along. In the absence of peace, may love comfort you, and see you through to better times.

Oh, and in the (apparent) absence of love…?

Think again, for love isn’t just for lovers; it comes in all shapes and forms so look harder, and perhaps closer to home …

THE HEART EXPECTS

Old year done and dusted,

a new one begins;

troubles, regrets, even sins

like blades of grass

beneath a layer of snow,

kept by nature from

growing before their time

till spring again...

its bitter-sweet harvest

of expectation, sown

and nurtured with loving care,

only to be found wanting,

an uncertain future left to face,

caught fast between rock

and hard place, confronted

with love v life under

threat of this or that heaven’s

well-honed knife

Laughter lines exposed

for half lies…

a whitening of the hair

as snowflakes

falling on a looking glass,

one for each trouble,

regret, even sin, conspiring

with Earth Mother

to let the grass grow again,

inspired to sing

about love, peace, joy,

and harmony

of sorts among nature’s own,

while confronting

yet another year of irony

heaped upon irony

by an inclusive humanity

deserving better

Copyright R. N. Taber 2008