and nothing remains?

What is life and why is it so hard

                     and nothing remains?

 

 

 

I have stood on aging avenues

watching walls crumble

while destiny’s debris

collects

at my feet

 

pieces of the past?

 

I have heard the laughter of babies

and the wail of the homeless,

opposites in a

straight line of

what is

and what might be

 

voices of the future?

 

I have stared into the portals of

left over meanings,

methodically

laid out to rest

on long tables

of bad intents

 

visions cast of shadows?

 

I have knelt before a dream,

clutching my chest

with indecision,

the pain

a reminder of my

fragile heart-

opened

 

memories of lost love?

 

I have cried

without a witness,

empty streams of

dense forgiveness,

requested of no one

and answered by the same

 

and nothing remains?

 

 

 

Author's Note

Thank you for reading

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

"the pain
a reminder of my
fragile heart-
opened

memories of lost love?"
That is so true and poignant . You remind us how things are fragile and we should be careful when it breaks and shatters. Another great write from you Jack...:)

[Jack...]

Thanks so much my good friend. You have made me smile this morning

[Sami Khalil]

That is what friends are for...My pleasure...:)