Sacrifice

Sometimes it's worth the pain
To do what shouldn't be done.
Sometimes it's worth the loss
to suffer without complaining.
Sometimes it's worth the agony
To open yourself to deep distress.
Sometimes it's worth the effort
To give of yourself, to drain yourself dry
Because of love for another.

Rain Tea

A cup of tea as thunder rolls,

Raindrops bonded with leaves

Washing away life's daily tolls

Swirling within me, dripping from the eaves.

Energy crackles within the sky

Even as it grows to rise within me.

Laughter peals as clouds roil by

Dark and heavy and lovely to see.

Wind stirs in my cup, blowing on by,

Tears of joy and tears of pain

Drops of life slipping from my eye.

While in my cup leaf melds with pouring rain.