living
life is fragile
contingent
short
evanescent
yet life is resilient
maintaining its equilibrium
even when shaken
stirred
battered
by forces that would wreck
something more rigid
than life torn from its place
still hysteresis returns it to
tracks consonant with its path
through uncertainty
trauma
disease
woundings to its core
even parts torn away
to preserve the whole
life isn't isolate
joined it is with paths
and roots
and tendrils
interlinked and preserved
supported and comforted
weathering storms
with vision of renewal
of joy still to come
even when all seems dark
we are not alone
yes all ends
transience claims its prize
but even then we are remembered
the presence we have created
in the fabric of reality
will not vanish
with that spark of fire
the shape we have made
in the world
in people's hearts
will persist
for some value
small perhaps
but greater than you imagine
of eternity
7th May 2026
