Sine of Life - A Poem (From "Four Folded Corners")

Life is a sine curve --
slide and climb,
never constant
never satisfied
never fulfilled
always leading
to a "turn"
that makes you
feel something,
life breathing soft
upon your pores,
fingertips to lips,
prompting sensation
elation --
intoxication
is the end
only to want
to start again
fall over the
edge and die
waiting for
the next tide.

By Mary E. Lohan

Contemplation - A Poem

To do or not do,
the decision tree
grows...

to some
choices are few,
fettered by angst
of loss weighed
heavily

to others
choices abound
with derivatives,
loss is realistic,
offset by gain.

This world has
no balance sheet,
an accounting in the end
may survive --

it's the chance you take,
that's just life.

By Mary E. Lohan