Life Is Too Complex For A Single Poem

Life is too complex for a single poem- In the course of a single day How many moods and contradictions? How many problems and worries at once? How many little joys and perceptions Of so varied kinds? Yesterday for the first time I saw a grandchild smile- I heard someone I was a carer for will probably soon die- I danced at a wedding, And felt again my failure in making money through the years- So many contradictions And yet when there is a life And when a new baby smiles and grimaces, How sad and beautiful how painful and rich How defeating and hope-filled Our life can be-