I held a sunbeam in these clumsy hands gentle but so short <br />Its light shone so brightly that for a moment I was blind, <br />I had held others before but their light quickly faded to a dull glow! <br /> <br />This sunbeam lit up this dark and gloomy world and it was unlike the others I had caught <br />It did not fade nor disappear and was kind and within my heart it would flow through my veins. <br />Glancing upward into the bright sky, the sun smiled and a bird twittered gay <br />But then a cloud passed across the face of the sun and an old oak tree swayed <br />A chill passed through the air. <br />The cloud passed and all at once I noticed the moon in broad daylight <br />Looking in awe of its majesty I am reminded of my own mortality <br /> <br />But nothing could compare to that majesty I once coveted so dearly <br />And cherished, Held in these clumsy hands!<br /><br />kipper Stagg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/clumsy-hands-2/
