Happiness isn’t finished
She just flashed me a smile
Humor isn’t finished either
I’m still laughing at that last joke
Love isn’t finished
A first kiss is happening right now
Hope isn’t finished either
Perching in someone’s soul
Grief and despair and regret
aren’t finished either
But I’m not talking
about them today
Justice isn’t finished
Walking from courtrooms to boardrooms
Compassion isn’t finished
That’s what open hands are for
Time isn’t finished yet
And neither is Poetry
/ / /
This poem is in response to today’s finished prompt at Poetic Asides, and was also inspired by “Happiness” by Raymond Carver, which I found from the National Poetry Month 2013 post at The Music In It.
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Oh, Richard…I love this! Thank you for this one!!
Wonderful and poetry is by no means finished.