"Because You Are Here" Fred Houpt

Because You Are Here

Fred Houpt
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Because you are here
A morning dove sang sweeter
To his distant beloved
While perched on an apple tree in the mountains of Sicily

Because you are here
The coral green and azure blue
Danced in deeper joy as waves of foam landed
On empty beaches in the Pacific

Because you are here
An unkindled charcoal comet
Was not deflected from its astral sleep
As it passed near Pluto

Because you are here
The four eyes that stared and glared
And thought to reach for blade and blood
Let that book of history stay closed

Because you are here
Someone found their way home again
That had traveled in diverse directions
And chose the correct path at the fork in the road

Because you are here
I know that tomorrow will be filled with breath,
Eyesight, smiles and sighs. Yet the sun
Will take its place at the center of the stage

Because you are here I need not worry about
The commitments that words bring nor be concerned
That the ink will reverse time and leap
From the paper back into the pen

You and I are here
Riding high above such matters

We are together
Like a strong memory in the mind
Like a deep current in the heart
Far away from the mistakes we make
By trying to judge the decisions

Because you are here
I am with you always

For Tova
July 11, 2001

Poem © 2001 Fred Houpt, all rights reserved
appears here by permission

Author Notes

These poems come from my own skill in surviving some of life's most difficult challenges. If I write, at least I have communicated on my own behalf what my end of this reality looks like. What else can I do?

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