PRIZE GIVING

             PRIZE GIVING                   TIM WILLIAMS          MAY 2015

I HAVE WITNESSED PEOPLE STOOD
AT THE BUS STOP OF LIFE,
COLD AND BEDRAGGLED IN THE POURING RAIN,
SEEKING WHAT LITTLE SHELTER THERE IS AVAILABLE
FROM A RELENTLESS WINTER WIND

I SAY TO THEM , " OPEN YOUR HEARTS,
SEEK THE SUNSHINE, THE WARMTH
OF THAT SPECIAL PERSON,
THEY ARE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE
YOU JUST NEED TO FIND THEM "

THEY SOMETIMES ARE TO BE REQUISITIONED
VERY CLOSE AT HAND,
SOMETIMES IN THE DISTANT PAST, OR BOTH,
BUT THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE,
THAT SACRED UNIQUE ONE IS THERE
I HAVE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO FIND MINE

DO NOT HESITATE, GO FORTH,
COLLECT YOUR PRIZE
BATHE IN THE GLOW
THAT WAITS RESTLESSLY IN YOUR HEART
SCREAMING TO BE RELEASED,
AND STOP THE RAIN AND LIFES WINTER FOREVER