YOU LEARN

Author Anonymous

 

After a while you learn the subtle difference

between holding a hand and chaining a soul.

 

And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning and

company doesn’t always mean security.

 

And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts

and presents aren’t promises.

 

And you begin to accept your defeats with your head up

and your eyes ahead with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child.

 

And you learn to build all your roads on today because

tomorrows ground is too uncertain for plans and futures

have a way of falling down in mid-flight.

 

After a while even sunshine burns if you ask too much.

So you plant your own garden and

decorate your own soul,

instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

 

And your learn that you really can endure,

that you are really strong,

and that your love does have worth

and you learn and you learn

with every goodbye

you learn.