Collecting Your Thoughts Poem by Saint Eule

Collecting your thoughts when one bereaves,
Is often like raking up all the leaves.

All the colorful past memories put into a pile,
Some bring a little sadness, some a little smile.

Collecting your thoughts when you fall in love;
Is like chasing butterflies.
They seem to elude you until you catch one;
What a wonderful surprise.

When you catch it be gentle do not break the wings,
Love is so precious easily broken like tender things.
Never hold tightly or possess it the wings may fray.
Be prepared to release love or it may just fly away.

Collecting your thoughts in a marriage it seems;
Is like collecting shells on the beach.
The ocean waves the sand getting in your toes;
Capturing all the dreams within reach.

Collecting your thought just before you pass,
Is like entering a new world on the other side of the glass.

All the thoughts you collected but were willing to let go,
All of your loved ones will be waiting with faces aglow.