Sometimes

By Jerry Olson

Sometimes it takes adverse conditions

For people to reach out to one another

Sometimes it takes bad luck

For people to understand themselves better

Sometimes it takes a storm

For people to appreciate the calm

Sometimes it takes being hurt

To understand sensitive feelings

Sometimes it takes doubt

To know how to trust one another

Sometimes it takes seclusion

To realize who we really are

Sometimes it takes disillusionment

For people to become really informed

Sometimes it takes feeling nothing

For some to feel anything

Sometimes it takes our emotions

And feelings to completely open up to love