So Much To Love...

 In spite of the' holes' in life's give-and-take glove

There's so much to live for and so much to love!

Below, a few sweet, hole-fillers...

 Every year I tilt my head and say 'the tree's not THAT crooked...is it?'

and 'they' say, 'Yes, it is!' Maybe this year is the last year for this tree...(I say that every year)

it's missing a lot of parts but it's got so many pieces of our hearts snagged in it's Broken Beauty

The hurt-hunger-heartache of life’s Stuff and Such

Makes us much more thankful for its tender touch

Like feeling hope’s laughter after sorrow’s pain

Like seeing the sunshine after too much rain

Trouble can be terrible, we all agree

And sooner or later it finds you and me

But its not for nothing; if simply to prove

There’s so much to live for and so much to love

Like feeling the friendliness of a new day

Where God offers Mercy on Time’s polished tray

Like freckles that crinkle on sweet Suzy’s nose

Like treasure that twinkles on work-a-day clothes

Like hearing the music in spite of the noise

Like licking your plate not to waste home-cooked joys

Like feeling that high-five for a job well done

Like touching the trace of a place echo-spun

Like finding some pocket-change in last year's coat

Like tears not of grief, but that lump in your throat

For blessings where beauty and duty astound

In glimpses of heaven with feet on the ground

Like sparkles of summer on winter’s stark hill

Like a red geranium on a windowsill

Like taking a coffee-break from life’s push-shove

Just to be reminded of what’s not to love

The fragile forgiveness of moments soon slips

To Past's Forever-ness far from fingertips

So God, stir within us Your Perfect Enough

Of so much to live for and so much to love

© Janet Martin