Life, Death and Consciousness

 

Incessant wheel of life

ceaseless motion

throughout the generations

the creation of empires and

their undoing,

on and on

impaled on time’s arrow

moving, ever moving.

 

Life and Death and

consciousness -

evaluating,

discerning,

experiencing,

perceiving,

knowing,

acting,

reacting,

concluding.

 

Rhythmic drumbeat,

life and death

generations unfold

Into the hapless future,

perennial dance of time

within the aching grip

of gravity and the

formidable tenacity of reality

stubborn and fearsome and

true.

 

Though I am

in my eighth decade

I remain grounded

to this time

this place

embedded within

this moment

and aware.

 

Though I am

in my eighth decade

I will continue

to avoid

delusion’s comforting

embrace.

 

Though I am

in my eighth decade

I take full

ownership

of all my choices

and their consequences.

 

I embrace

the gamut of my emotions

and remain

the guardian of

all my memories

and the person

I have come to be.