SOME CHANCES COME TO THE MIND
BY THE DAWN OF SPRING,
SOME DELIVER THEMSELVES UNTO
THE RAINBOWS OF FALL,
INTERMINGLING WITH THE SPARKLES
OF WINTER,
OR COME DURING THE EMBRACE
OF SUMMER SUNLIGHT.
SOMETIMES A CHANCE
GETS CAUGHT WITHIN THE FINGERS
OF US, THE CAPTORS, WHO
SEE THEIR LESSONS OF HISTORY,
TRANSGRESSIONS AND FULFILLMENTS
INTO THE DEPTHS OF OUR LIVING.
OTHERS, STILL PASS THROUGH TIME
UNTOUCHED, UNACKNOWLEDGED
THROUGH THE SWEAT,
OF OUR HANDS,
AND WE MAY PERHAPS,
WONDER ABOUT THEIR IMMEDIATE DEPARTURE,
IF WE EVER REALIZE
THEY EVER PASSED THROUGH US AT ALL,
IN THEIR IMPENDING FLIGHT.
A CHANCE FLIES BY
EVERYDAY THAT WISKS US ALIVE,
AND EVERYDAY ONE MERE CHANCE
OR OPPORTUNITY,
MAY SEEM TO ERASE
ITS PATH IN THE SEASONS,
WE SO MARVEL IN
FOR COMPLETENESS.
AND SOMETIMES HOLD,
IF WE EVER REALIZE
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING,
ALL ALONG.
JAN 1998