Respirer La Vie

There is nothing so difficult  

To ponder  

Than how beauty 

Can disintegrate  

Into nothingness  

In the blink of an eye.  

One day 

We are   

Breathing life  

Into the soul of love; 

Observing as its wings grow 

And take flight into the stars of destiny; 

Enjoying the scenery of the forest 

Of young saplings of love 

Growing into mature timber, 

With vibrant and variegated  

Foliage 

Descending from the branches of  

Fervor. 

Watching 

As the rains of heaven 

Shower us with fortitude   

And each hue in the rainbow that follows 

Represents a sentiment we share. 

And then a storm ensues. 

Lightning strikes  

In the form of  

Conflict 

Threaten our terrain of beauty. 

A tornado of animosity 

Estrangement 

And resentment 

Raid our garden of serenity 

Leaving it unconscious 

And frail. 

We are left to conclude 

How we will again  

Breathe life into our now barren field  

Of lost  

Courage 

And Broken Hearts. 

How do we find our way 

Through a maze of  

Malady 

And affliction 

Created solely  

By our lack of preservation 

To our thriving oasis? 

We shall call up to God  

For the tools we need  

To aerate the soil 

To fertilize it with  

Nutrients 

And Resuscitate 

Rejuvenate 

Invigorate 

Our allegiance 

To our once  

Flourishing  

Fountain of love. 

Take my hand, my love 

And let us reconcile; 

Uniting our spirits into one; 

And we shall 

inspirez et expirez

la vie dans notre

amour une fois de plus.