Sometimes, the sun just shines and all the rains melt away and pains subside. Sometimes, too much thought makes a hole inside impossible to fill. The landscape of our lives forever explored yields no more footfall than ours. We came into these woods, we walked, we left, our hearts full our hearts bereft. We were brave to leave those we love behind in the place not of our choosing. We learned there are no winners: life teaches us losing by degrees.next poem