Of So It Goes...

Everyone seems a little more giddy today,

(with the exception perhaps, of students studying for and writing The Dreaded Exam)

 ...might it be the return of the long-lost sun?!

Hearts are full of hallelujahs after gray is crowned with gold!

Laughter, like ten-thousand diamonds

Spills from hunger's hidden hold

Without lows there could be no highs

Without goodbyes there could be no hellos

Darling, I wouldn’t change the order if I could

Of so it goes,

So it goes

Without tears, laughter would lose lithe joy

Colorful May less blithe without December too

If I could I wouldn’t change a single thing

Darling, would you,

Would you?

Without absence who would ever wear

The river of gladness in greeting’s giddy gaze

Without trouble who would be humbly aware

Of better days,

Better days

Hello-goodbye, yes-no, low-high

 March-July, oh my, ouch, a thorn, oh, a rose

What waits to unfold from the gray-gold-blue sky

Nobody knows,

Nobody knows

© Janet Martin