there is no living backwards

love is not
usually wasted
though it may seem lost
there is no living backwards
there is no way
to be less
there is only more of one kind
or another

even the orangutan
who has the best reason to hold tightly
lets go to move
from tree to tree
swimmer of the leaves

let's even be trite: the oyster
who had thought
that life had made a hard place in her
may find eventually some hand will
remove it with one small cut

those that find it easy
to love everything they see
must learn about this
how many of them are so bitter
you could never guess about their
tender hearts.