Whatever life may not be It may not be the lulling memories of an ardent book you read With the tender crackling whispers of the fireplace It may never be the Implacable cold snow that morphs into beautiful fireflies at the edge of the dreamers Camelot Neither get the laudation worth a kingβs ransom as My eyes forever close to see your maddening smile Whatever life may not be....... It is felt... Felt by the hot breath of the newborn you hold as you gently pat its wrinkly hair Felt by the dry breath of the old lost in the rhythm of time Felt by the incoherent scratches on a bench in a classroom beckoning to remember Felt by the lonely footprints by the cliff you took Felt by the misty tears on a letter crumbled in the trash Whatever life may not be.... it is felt