chapters

chapters

a chapter in a book, he said.  another chapter in life.

the great grandmother died, 

the nephew had a birthday party,

we laughed and played all evening,

another woman's son overdosed. 

all simultaneously - millions of moments are happening.

people are happy, some are sad, others turned upside down.

the ebb and flow of us all, 

continuously in it's correct order.

we pick and choose our battles, 

and they almost always choose us in return, 

out of nowhere

or maybe exactly where they were supposed to.

the philosophy of life is unveiling itself a bit more, 

even within all it's mystery.

life's cycles comfort us.

we know where we've been, 

and i believe we all know where we are going.  

we just don't know when.

the surprise, or the revelation of this, stirs in us eternally.

we are fueled by the life and the death.

the eagerness to live 

is preparing us to die. 

we die to many things, everything. 

we are a faint breath in life's gust of wind.

we are to admire the deep truths in this life, 

for they will always be valid in each of our lives.

we will live and we will die to these, 

you can count on that. 

we will see circumstance after circumstance, 

so casual once we look back...

and others, life altering.

we can leap bounds, 

and we can slink like slugs.

the ebb and flow, the tide is up...and the tide does withdraw...

on the shore, then back into the sea.

gone.

we are to have strong minds, stronger hearts, and solid faith. 

the faith, above all, is the north star.  

and maybe,

the heart is the sail 

that will catch the wind 

to carry us home.