| The Heart Will Die As Well |
On a grander scale,
Relative to the time it takes
For trees to grow
And mountains to move
And oceans to fill-
None of this has really mattered
All that much…
On a grander scale,
Today is the same
As yesterday,
And the day before-
And nothing I have done
Has changed the
Delicate balance
Of the earth on its axis-
Or the intricate dance
Of the planets as they move
Along the pathways
To their ends.
And though
I’d often like to think
That all that is
Significant to me-
Has been significant
To everything that
Makes the world
around me move.
But then I often don’t believe
That any of those things
Are really all that significant
To me. |