stardust

i tried to waste away,
i thought
all it took to cease
was to do
nothing

but i found the human condition
is resistant to suffering
and folly to the idle whim of Hope-
who speaks to me,
like a song on the wind;

“Please my child,
carry on.
for those who
continue to walk,
with each step,
vessel those
who reside now
within the dust of the stars
Who bore them.”