So Is It... Poem by Maria C. Pires Costa

It is to have and not to have
It is joy and sorrow
In everyday since dawn
It is to work, to act, to remember
It is to know how to forgive, it is to love.

It is time clockwise moving
In every moment an awakening
It is life we respect
It is this complex walking
It is work coming next.

It is the divine light shining bright
It is the soul strength cheering
It is to accept, and wish to understand
It is to build, to act, to look ahead
So is it... to live!

(July 2009)