Poem: What I have learned in the past 1092 days

Things I have learned in the past 1092 days


That the matching colors of the season
Only come by accident in nature

That the smiles of the thousands
are the simple outcome of convention

That love is not what it is
But what you make of it

That partial is better than nothing

That moving is not necessarily
Going into any direction
But just going

That feeling textures has more to do
with the perception of a sophisticated mind
than the touching of a surface

That those nights in heaven are preceded by days in hell

That the art of satisfying another person’s needs
Might surpass the completing of your own

That loving a beautiful man
Comes with a burden of weakness

That many things that I thought I knew
For sure
Had to be re-learned with love

That loving and caring for you
Meant a new life in itself!


jimmy lam
Winter 2006