What shows
how little
we know?
What can be is
oft far less than
what we expect.
What is now
has never been
what it was.
07/25/2024 j.g.l.
Because we never know
how much weight
we can hold, how we timid
can be bold, how much love
we are capable of knowing,
or how far, intellectually,
we are actually growing.
We can never know how
much longer winter will take;
nor should we be expected to,
for heaven’s sake.
While we would imagine
our capabilities are
more promising than
we would guess, a greater
number of times we
are asked to expect less.
04/19/2022 j.g.l.
April is Poetry Month
for all the right reasons