To Live Life

To Live Life

Hands are for comforting,
for waving and shaking,
for brushing back hair
to wipe away a tear,
not for striking a blow.

Arms are for holding,
for protecting and embracing,
for holding someone tight in
the middle of the night,
not for shooting a foe.

Legs are for dancing,
for walking and skipping,
for jogging and running
and pumping swings high,
not for kicking below.

Mouths are for laughing,
for speaking, for singing,
for the telling of stories
on a dark winter night,
not for cursing a beau.

Hearts are for beating,
for caring and loving,
for being cherished along
the path of life,
not for breaking the flow.

Lives are for living,
for working and playing,
for dreaming and hoping
and enjoying each day,
not for destroying the glow.

Hands for comforting,
arms for holding,
legs for dancing
mouths for laughing
hearts for beating --
    to live life fortissimo.

This is written for dVerse Open Link, where Bjorn is tending bar today!  Also linked to Poetry Pantry Open Link.