Just Because Doesn't Mean.... Poem by Carol Fleming Klein

Just because the worm is there
Doesn't mean there's never another apple.
Just because he doesn't care
Doesn't mean there can never be another love.

Just because you're burned right now
Doesn't mean you'll never strike another match.
Just because he said, 'So long, anyhow'
Doesn't mean there'll never be another fire
to watch.

It just means you'll look twice
when you take your pick.
You'll check twice before the
tinder's set and the flames are lit.

But just because...
Doesn't mean you can't love
and live again.

Sunday, October 30,1988