poem: new beginnings

i am roused and i rise

born into the new era

my days are paving stones stretching 

out, winding 

down an uncharted path 

and i squint in awe

what do you hold in store?

 

thrust

into these empty vessels, we forage 

for survival.

torn

from our outerplanetary ignorance

we breath life into the World

completely oblivious of the reason.

 

float through the great expanse

at your leisure (risk)

but do so lightly.

flames flickering the same slow burn-

do not extinguish another’s light

for together we glow brighter.

 

our existence is one of great mystery-

why are our souls packaged

up in boxes 

that will eventually betray us?

health is failing

beauty is fleeting

we are fragmenting

 

let us be free.