Pleasures

PLEASURES The pleasure of eating The pleasure of drinking The pleasure of looking The pleasure of seeing The pleasure of listening The pleasure of hearing The pleasure of friends The pleasure of laughter The pleasure of love The pleasure of kindness The pleasure of nature The pleasure of trees and flowers The pleasure of children The pleasure of grandchildren The pleasure of helping someone The pleasure of walking The pleasure of conversation The pleasure of talking The pleasure of praying The pleasure of communal worship The pleasure of working The pleasure of searching The pleasure of finding The pleasure of reading The pleasure of thinking The pleasure of ‘finding out’ The pleasure of learning The pleasure of dreaming The pleasure of sleeping The pleasure of waking The pleasure of understanding The pleasure of questioning The pleasure of answering The pleasure of just being alive The pleasure of victory The pleasure of meeting The pleasure of departing The pleasure of return home The pleasure of struggling The pleasure of being free of the struggle The pleasure of persistence The pleasure of defiance The pleasure of love The pleasure of romance The pleasure of calm The pleasure of excitement The pleasure of remembering The pleasure of considering The pleasure of so much of life That still remains with me Though many powers and pleasures diminished or gone The pleasure of knowing there is still pleasure in life Though so much is already lost And so much more will be lost The pleasure of consolation The pleasure of understanding The pleasure of writing The pleasure of a new morning a new poem The pleasure of feeling pleasure again After a long night when there was none The pleasure of feeling well again after illness The pleasure of feeling life begin again The pleasure of being able to go on and continue The pleasure that gives appetite for life When so many pleasures diminished or lost.