Learning to Live
When passing a man on the side of the road
Kneeling in some grass on the hill at a cross
His stretched arms placing an Easter wreath
“Me, oh, my,” about death I started to speak
Thoughts to myself about life and loss
Seeing stiff green stems dressed up with red
When all else of the hillside is rotted and dead
Inching its way down under the concrete bridge
I saw her profile and recalled what she had said
“It’s the life cycle and it’s okay for you to cry”
I had to wrestle with my mind to realize why
Learn about living before we’re dying to be alive
I had to confront what it is to die and to live
It’s okay to cry and think about death to be alive
New spring winds blow winter’s grime in my eye
With all this suffering from death we must live
In a way it’s my job to be this example to give
Saturday April 13, 2019
John Conte
Poet
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