About James N. Lehenbauer
Transients
The loveliest of things
They never come to stay.
Seeing beauty is the wings
That carry them away.
Though we light lanterns in our hearts
And make the crystal shine,
The well beloved guest departs
While yet we pour the wine.
A heartbeat there–a lifetime gone.
Yet richer life therefore
Remembering the wings that shone
Their moment at our door.
– Theodosia Garrison
