Dawn Determines Us  

                               
Dawn determines us

And nightfall

And the never fickle seasons

And mortality our impossible burden

And hope’s illusion

And each new born

Who knows nothing summarizes everything

 

Thus are we defined

Willingly accepting

The distractions and titillations of living

As if they matter

As if they make a difference

As if the ineluctable                    

Were but a passing fancy

 

As if we are here 
                     
Free and untrammeled 
                     
As if what we are 
                     
Is a mild surprise

Among the cacophonies 
                     
Of being

 

11/15/12 

Copyright 2012 by Maurice Leiter

Posted with permission.