Friday, May 14, 2021

In This Short Time

How we clamour
For space, for name
In the short span
Of life, this game!

As if the few inches
Of the space, we occupy
Can transform to
A kingdom that never dies?

And yet we fail
To conquer ourselves 
Fearing what we will find
If we turn inwards

But who can bear
The glare so bright?
Find more bad than good
And not take fright?

Finding comfort 
In numbers
Avoiding awareness
To numbness

Words and deeds
Empty, worthless
In the larger scheme
Quite powerless

Shouting 'Look at me!'
A negligible speck
Voice and I
Lost in the vast space

The journey
Into the Infinite
Yet begins
With steps Finite

In this short time
Given to us 
How far a small leap 
Can take us

Not fame, glory
Not name, grace
Is that why we
Come to this place? 

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