Our Emotions Collide I
love to
hold you close Where our emotions
One Happy Day
collide
And the birds sing
The sun is shining brightly and you are here beside me.
And the
daffodils
bloom.
Birds are singing;
—Thomas Duerksen
children screaming,
and bees are buzzing loudly. watch the water speed through iridescent leaves. I
Colors changing. Rainbows forming,
and shining through the
And it's but
trees.
our happy day,
all I feel is
pain.
Memories changing. Doubts are forming. My love—just words I say. poem, and a painful, fleeting home remind me you
I
bittersweet, old
are fleeting, too.
One happy day on loan. —Thomas Duerksen
Photo by Sean Pitman 13
