Beautiful Sadness
Can beauty walk with sadness hand in hand?
A patent contradiction it would seem.
Yet merged in life they help us understand
In greater depth the worth of each extreme.
Beside a grave where untold tears are shed,
We feel the loss which permeates the air.
Yet roses bloom and birds fly overhead
As happy memories are gathered there.
A plaintive violin can tell the tale
Of hopeless lamentation and demise,
And yet the music's beauty cannot fail
To stir the heart as spirits empathize.
And where a grain of wheat falls to the ground
A harvest of new life will soon be found.
10/01/19
'Beautiful sadness poetry contest' : Sponsored by: John Hamilton
2019 Poetry Marathon Mile 12 Poetry Contest: 'sponsored by Mark Toney
Copyright © Wendy Watson | Year Posted 2019
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