Being Human

Finding everything and nothing

in the sigh that punctuates day's end,

summarizing events, thoughts, fears, hopes

in one simple breath.  

This is being human.

Seeing the order in the chaos of the world

as it spins steadily on axis yet out of control

around you.  At once disgusted and accepting 

of the atrocities, insanity, inanity uncontrolled.

This is being human.

Marveling the innocence of the mind 

of a child, and smiling as you vaguely recall

in the wisps of memory you possess. and with it

gathering hope....  feeling love.

This is being human.

Shedding the noise, resetting the soul,

finding the music within that drives,

letting it sing and knowing happiness 

is yours to choose, yours to lose, and you light the fuse

to watch it burn bright, and chase away the night,

moving forward to begin again the daily fight. 

This is being human.

And so I breathe...   

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