Sometimes A Poem...

 What's your poem today?

Even gray days brim with beauty...

Sometimes wonder needs an outlet

Sometimes longing needs a home

Sometimes mem’ries need a locket

Sometimes rev’rie needs to roam

Sometimes then, it seems we need a poem

Sometimes weakness needs a shoulder

To lean on, like strength of ink

Sometimes, as we’re growing older

We like taking time to think

Sometimes a poem grants that tender link

Sometimes we want to remember

Tints that seasoned tides attract

So we try to save September

Like gold glimmers, snared and stacked

Where a poem leaves gleaned sheaves intact

Sometimes summer needs retracing

Sometimes winter needs a prayer

Sometimes the Thing we’re embracing

Disappears into thin air

Sometimes a poem drives away despair

Sometimes moments need no music

Save a ballad bittersweet

Sometimes beauty needs no showcase

Save the heart that skips a beat

Sometimes a poem is all the love we need

© Janet Martin