john koethe
excerpt from falling water
Who cares if life - someone's actual life - is Finally insignificant and small. There's still a Splendor in the way it flowers once and fades And leaves a carapace behind. There isn't time to Linger over why it happened, or attempt to make its Mystery come to life again and last, like someone Still embracing the confused perceptions of himself Embedded in the past, as though eternity lay there - For heaven's a delusion, and eternity is in the details, And this tiny, insubstantial life is all there is.
posted: june 23, 2005 | 12:07 am