Seasons

As some of you may know, I like to express my thoughts through my writing... so I wrote this poem, "Seasons."

Basically, a lot was going on in my mind when writing this poem. It was a rough week with it's ups and downs and smiles and tears. A friend had recently passed away, and another friend got married the next day. For one, life on earth has ended, and for the other, a new life was just beginning. It started to really make me think about life. I noticed that negatives and positives go hand in hand... as do life and death. For the first one, although his life on earth has ended, his new life in heaven has just begun... and for the other, he left his old life behind, and started a whole new one. It made me realize that life has a crazy yet beautiful way of taking and giving and It's really up to you to work with what is presented. For every loss, there's a gain. We may have lost a friend, but we've gained an angel.

Seasons

Seasons are always changing
This somehow resembles life
For every season theres a change
For all harmony there's strife

In a world with life, there's also death,
A final heartbeat or ones first breath
With every negative, there comes a good
Sometimes life isn't always understood

You try to see, but you feel blind
Look ahead and not behind
After every darkness, there comes the sun
And this applies to everyone

Don't dwell on the bad, just open your eyes
And sometime soon, the sun will rise
Every winter is followed by spring
When the flowers grow and the birds sing

Eventually the warmth will fade away
But it doesn't mean you won't feel it again someday
Start fresh and move forward, but never forget
Learn from your lessons, but never regret

Just because something seems to be gone
You have to find strength to carry on
If you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not there
Because life and love is like the air

In time you will see, that life doesn't end
And the season will eventually be warm again
Life goes through changes just like the seasons
But everything truly happens for a reason.

Keep your head up and you'll make it through
Let faith guide your way in all that you do
Life can get tough when things start to change
But just know in the end, it will all be okay

To feel true happiness you must endure pain
To see the rainbow, you have to face the rain
It's not easy right now, but it will be, my friend
Because if it isn't okay, then it isn't the end.

I'd like to dedicate Seasons to the friends and family of Christopher O'Brien.
May he rest in peace.