For This

Caressed by autumn's breath I feel content
All that I need to find within my soul
And feel myself complete and continent
I ask no more of others but am whole

My friend if you should come to visit me
To while away an autumn afternoon
Share conversation poetry and tea
And stay with me to watch the rising moon
I know we would be pleasant company

Yet I am satisfied to be alone

With one cat and one thousand memories
Of lovers lost and found unknown and known
My silence is not empty filled with these
Past pleasures as past pain I still remain
Open to present possibilities

The moon in all its phases shines for me
Each flashing diamond star a treasured kiss
And all of it lives in my poetry
I have not lived in vain but lived for this

+Steven Curtis Lance



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