Happiness comes from choosing
happiness,
As love's the consequence of choosing love.
Perhaps one's angel shall the weaker prove,
Pinned by one whose fortune it must bless.
Yet some must make their choice under duress,
Salvaging the unspent sweetness of
Each moment that across their lives might move,
Vivid in the wake of its caress.
Endurance is no name for an embrace,
Nor is one's joy much kindled by one's
fury.
There is but death and illness in the offing;
Eventually, all life ends in pain.
Even so, love touches life with grace,
Not vested in the verdict of the jury,
Transforming what would else have little meaning,
Happily engaged again, again.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
Audio and Video Music: Moonlight Sonata. By Ludwig Van Beethoven. Music free to use at YouTube.