I found my place in everything
Last night
As I lay beside you
With my arm resting on your shoulder
Our bodies intertwined
We like to think
In linear
Perceiving death
To be the pinnacle
All else
Leading up to the end
But this is limited
In understanding and application
Life is much more complex
And seldom does nature present a clear start and finish
I do believe
We exist for more than just to die
And along the way
We experience the true peaks
In moments easily forgotten
Passed up
In pursuit of
What comes next
Always so eager to move forward
We forget that now is all we will ever have
And all we ever really need
Objects, and the Distance Between Them 
Lovely poem my friend. ❤️✌️
BY FOR NOW
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Thank you, Dawn. I hope that all is well with you. I am always glad to hear from you.
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Your Welcome my friend, ya thinking’s are alright, thank you my friend. ❤️✌️
BY FOR NOW
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Beautiful. No beginning and no end
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🙂 Thank you.
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Ohhh this is so true. Living the present moment, cherishing it…. so very important.. when someone dies though you realise this even more.
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Yes, exactly. And you are so right; loss can bring sudden, unexpected clarity to the ephemeral nature of life and the value of appreciating what you have while you have it.
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love the last two lines. that is so true.
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Thank you. 🙂
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Wonderfully written. It reminds me of an essay that I read a long time ago (Montaigne, perhaps) that described how all good essays, like all good lives, should not be linear but should wander as though the writer is on a blind ramble through the woods. Your words remind me of that, and the way in which we can lose ourselves in poetry. I posted a poem a while ago called ‘Circles’ that has a similar motif – we’re on the same wavelength! x
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Exactly! The thesis statement should summarize, but the thesis itself, the main point, should be scattered throughout, an integral part of the whole. I have read your poem; for reference for others, it is located at https://wp.me/s9CIvx-circles
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Yes! Like ‘flowers in a meadow’ – I think that was a simile that he, or a contemporary referenced. Thank you for this! It’s always nice to find two thought processes that align.
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How beautiful. Make us pause and think
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Thank you; if my words have inspired a thoughtful pause, then they are content with their form. 🙂
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Absolutely my friend
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This spoke to me! It was powerful! Thank you for writing this! xo
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Thank you! I am glad it carried such meaning to you. 🙂
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