Diversity Poem by Tom Billsborough
Diversity
The word will settle like a leaf
Upon your palm. The word
Is love and think how many
Veins subtend from central
Stems in radii to different
Points, enriched by chlorophyll
By the first touch of sunlight.
And who should question what
Should be the spirit's flight
Or its direction? Love is love,
So complex in its origins,
We hardly understand its choices
Or its destinations.
So raise nofrenzied voices
In denial of certain kinds of love,
Woman to woman, man to man,
Nature chooses different
Pathways which we are bound to follow.
The chlorophyll is equal in each hollow
Vein or artery and
The sun's touch the same.
The word will settle like a snowflake
On your palm. The word is love
And know that every pattern
Is unique and beauty lies
Concealed in this diversity.
Tom, if you can speak from your 'afterlife', please tell me that this poem is NOT an acrostic poem! ! ! : ) bri [[ you are missed, by someone; I'm sure ]] RIP
Tom, 'subtend'? ? I think you may be 'close but no cigar' on your usage; I had to look this up: (cont.)
Unfortunately Tom died according to another (closer to Tom) PH friend. AND it happened I think the same year several others 'left' PH, but not all to Death I believe.: (
(continued) DISSIPATE: 2 - 'squander or fritter away (money, energy, or resources) . 'he had dissipated his entire fortune' '
(cont.) DISSIPATE: 1 - (with reference to a feeling or other intangible thing) disappear or cause to disappear. 'the concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated' ' (CONT.)
'The word will settle like a snowflake On your palm. The word is love' BE FOREWARNED: like a snowflake on ones palm, love can and often does melt/evaporate/dissipate/shrink/'go away'. (cont.)
The word 'love' to me should be broken into several words with similar, but not the exact same, meanings. Words like 'enjoy', 'crave', ' after', 'like strongly', 'worship'. You know: all those feelings women have for ME! ! ! : ) BRI
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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7/25/2025 11:25:48 PM # 1.0.0
I voted this poem but didn't leave my comments, Yes only Love remains even after we are gone.
Yes you DID, M. Asim! ! ! It IS there, next to your photo. See it? ? !