ON JOY AND SORROW

I am weeping with sorrow

Over that which once brought me great joy

I could not feel the depth of this pain

Nor understand it

Until I remembered the depth of our love

And felt it shake me

Knowing it is lost

Gone because of fear

For holding back

For not understanding

My joys

And

My sorrows

Walk hand in hand

Until they are in balance

And I recognize

That I can not have one

Without having known the other

Is is true...

Sorrow is the well from which joy drinks.

In order to feel great sorrow

One first must feel

Great joy

And I am weeping

Once again.