Sally Eslinger Poet Prose Poetry

From Moon To Clover

** From Moon to Clover **

I say,”Do not!” live every  day 
As if it were our last day,” like some advise.
For tears will flow without end

And cheeks cannot be quenched, nor  hearts be
Rushed .  In that way, too, the beauty of music
Will bring only reminders of sorrow;

The vibrant light of the sun will blanch 
Out a future reluctant to leave us, and erased
From view, unwilling to cower in a corner…

While outside the traffic flows on.
Even flowers, finding their formerly
Never-heard voices, will call to us with
 
Invitations into the coming seasons of all 
Nature still undiscovered…from beyond
The moon down over the clover.   Do not

Hasten about with a calendar full of tasks, hoping
To leap the hours while spouting cliches about 
Roses, wherever the present takes us past and

Footfalls might touch or linger, or the blessed
Reasons for our unique lives will be missed.
So much of each day is meant to contemplate

And clear the mind, or float in dream…to rest
Into relinquishing reality just as
It could be that the truth time might teach

Is how the stories of of our lives carry 
On into eternity.  May we say, then,
“Live all days finding them vast in time 
     and full with grace.”

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(c) sally young eslinger 2/23/22
Thanks be to God

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Anitha Jayasankar March 4, 2022 at 5:52 AM Loved reading your words Sally...with a nice message at the end...Hugs...~ Ani

Bill Baker February 28, 2022 at 6:13 AM “Live all days finding them vast in time and full with grace.” Great closing line, Sally. well written and lovely encouraging message. Thanks for sharing from your heart, my friend. Hugs, Bill