A Little Quiet Begs
It’s a living aphorism
How our lives come together
To teach, to learn, to melt into
The wild wisdom we have accumulated
In body, brain and soul the tantalizing
Prophecy of our own death
We must live with courage then
To authenticate our secret desires
Those wishes we forgot to nurture
While we are taking care of others
Fulfilling our duty like a role of daily travels
We are enhancing our former selves
In a ripple of quiet begging to this universe
That only leaves a human a few shells
A few divorces, a few truly eloquent love-affairs
That eclipse the quality of memory
To ennoble us to the core.