Perhaps in the end it is the poet who comes closer to the real meaning of life than any of us could. Wrote poet Courtland Sayers: 5,000 breathless dawns all new; 5,000 flowers fresh in dew. 5,000 sunsets wrapped in gold; 1 million snowflakes served ice cold. 5 quiet friends, 1 baby’s love; 1 white sea with clouds above. 1 June night in a fragrant wood, 1 heart that loved and understood. I wondered when I waked that day–in God’s name–how could I ever pay.