An Uninspired Line

An uninspired line

    The heart barely beats before it flatlines

      Holding onto time with both hands

      A hollow soul

       Meant for so much more

The sidewalks crack

     Everything falls apart

      We don’t get our fading seconds back

The fire eventually dies

    Warmth turns cold

      A coward tries to be bold

A new song

   A new face

    A new hope

     Before it all breaks

She pushes

    He pulls

Then he pulls

   And she pushes 

Before it rains

    An uninspired line

  Left behind by the divine 

    Everything starts in the mind

Everything shines

    And everything eventually dims 

Everyone sins

   Everyone lies

     Everyone dies

Yet, so many still try

    Why?

Why love anything at all 

   if in the end 

       we fall?

I love to see 

a flower 

blooming between 

the cracks in 

the sidewalk . . .

I stop and stare

  in awe of nature's ability to adapt and survive

    Even in this cold material world,

       full of cement and pavement,

      flowers bloom in the cracks

Light shines

 Love still finds a way

Everything starts in the mind. 

CH 2/20/26