We only cling to what we know
Then I heard a sweet bird sing,
Fish swirl in the busy pond
Storms and elements rage
Because we loved each other,
Life all around these ashes
Finding comfort with another,
Two by two we come together,
What we thought was torn asunder
We need only to listen to birds sing,
So we try to put our lives together,
© Ali Cecilie Sonder November 1998
out of tune, troubles unfurled.
I hurt and was sure it hurt, too.
Life without you, without you.
no matter how life tries to show
us some other way, inspirations;
memories locked in declarations.
spied a pretty flutterby on wing.
A shy dove mourned a coooo ...
all bringing thoughts of you.
jogging memories once fond;
as nearby a dog gives voice,
and I remember a choice.
and sunsets made us sage.
Oh, each element vivid only
now because I feel lonely.
I consider life with another;
a testament to what we had,
proving again good over bad.
memories without sashes;
each made poignant still
because we loved, we will.
companion, team mate, lover,
is the hope of all who dream
unless our dreams are mean.
our dreams can be shared forever.
Bound by love and true devotion,
we put our lives back in motion.
by life's trials and distant thunder;
wrecks and racks and imagination
can once again be family, a nation.
flutterbys on wing, every little thing.
Love and laughter, hugs and kisses,
these are what a human misses.
the longings we have had forever;
for love and happiness, our desires
are consumed or warmed by our fires.