Two Poems

By Rick Klaus Theis

 

Mr. Theis is the author of Recycled Words, a 180-page
book of poetry available at many bookstores and from
Media Works Press, P.O. Box 82282, Columbus,
OH 43202-2282 for $15 each postpaid. Buy two and get
one free. Books autographed upon request.

 

IF

If flowers were always in bloom

And fate was unflinchingly kind:

If showers were invariably brief

And justice eternally blind;

 

If youth was interminably long

And rivers all ran cool and clear;

If leaders were truthful and wise

And far, far away was quite near;

 

If all air was exquisitely fresh

And all mountains exceedingly great;

If lovers could not help but be true

And death was habitually late;

 

If seas knew no state but calm,

And skies were unfailingly blue

And every day was a celebration,

All women would therefore be you.

 

 

IN LOVE

Being in love is exhilarating

Like jumping a great divide,

But without the security

Of ever reaching the other side.