Life Has A Rhythm
©2010 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
life has a rhythm all its own
it bends and dips and flows
it moves through channels
swirls in eddies
goes and stops and goes
it’s up; it’s down; it’s all around
from grassy banks and shores
to misty meadows, lofty peaks
rock beds and ocean floors
life winds around the edges
and it goes outside the tracks
it blasts its way and wears away
and trickles through the cracks
sometimes it’s cut off at the pass
or tangled up in weeds
it soars and slips and freefalls
rushes in and then recedes
life looms and lulls and lights the sky
life sucks you dry and fills you
embrace it; chase it; drink it up…
release the fear that stills you
not living is what kills you
(even when it’s not your favorite one)
