If Not But For A Year Then But One Day Poem by James McLain

If not but for a year then but one day,
To see the setting sun and last rising of the moon
In just one day.
Have you seen the flash that's green and the moon
So large it's red or blue.
Love can be this way to have loved at all,
Than a life where one is old and to never loved at all.
Her profile when her head is turned, her eyes upon
His face when he is looking far away and what it is he has.
Love that's easy fades away, like a cloud that drops no rain,
His hand that moves across her face to catch a falling tear that's
Made of grace.
If not but for a year then but one day,
The knowledge that's not free but free with age.
His compassion for the low that built the rock upon
Upon this Earth he gave away.
Verily then if but not for a year thus but one day.
Love has conquered all.


Copyright © James McLain | Year Posted 2018