Sally Eslinger Poet Free verse

Then Why

Then, Why?

With life so painful, 
Then...then
Say, why we pass by here?
Because...notice!
There are those moments,
Perhaps even often 
When we are caught
Upon breaths of passing simplicity,
Which raise full years
To joy!

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(c) sally Young eslinger 2/21
Thanks be to God

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Caren Krutsinger February 8, 2021 at 9:41 PM Those moments change everything, and sometimes us forever! Sally Eslinger February 9, 2021 at 6:57 PM Caren, yes, they do. This one came from Jim smiling at me. I grabbed the smile and locked it in my memory. I had been feeling a bit down before that. So many young poets linger on pain, asking Why? I was responding. Bless U 4 reading

Robert Lindley February 8, 2021 at 4:45 AM We pass by as life offers much. It is up to us to make the most of it despite this dark world setting stumbling blocks in our way. Great poem, poetry is it's own rich reward.. A fav.. God bless. Sally Eslinger February 9, 2021 at 7:14 PM Thank you much, Robert. You speak truth. And what good we do not see to grab onto, the Lord will keep trying to grace us with til we See it. The Lord bless you, my good friend! Sally Eslinger February 9, 2021 at 7:03 PM Thank you much, Robert. You speak truth. And what good we do not see to grab onto, the Lord will keep trying to grace us with til we See it. The Lord bless you, my good friend!

Victor Buhagiar February 7, 2021 at 2:21 AM Great write. ~~ Sally Eslinger February 7, 2021 at 10:06 PM Thank you, Victor! I’ve slept this day away...oh well. Hope you are good!

Sand Blown February 6, 2021 at 3:42 PM ...nice write....'a passing simplicity...year' ....as...eternity wise in a second... stan Sally Eslinger February 9, 2021 at 7:11 PM Ohhhh Stan Stan Stan, you made me LOL. I am making an effort to think in brief, but still using long legal pads haha no really...can’t read my own writing anymore. Give Canada a kiss for me. Your comments glimmer...