Considering

is there anything?

there is life

there is life

that comes with audacity

making the smallest part

a thing to submerge the mind and heart 

with unreasonable wonder and joy

and too, there are acts within this life

that burn through souls and flesh 

and bone and blood with horror 

determined and justified

that out-screams any dialogue of peace and justice

and yes 

there is darkness 

that lighting of lamps

can shape to just be shadows

and there is light that’s best known 

by the nuance of gloom

each moment accepted 

has an option 

to ease attachment

that makes chaos almost sweet

with less attention 

to grooming memories 

to live as changeless certainties

and here’s the thing

not each moment will be a nourishment

but each can advocate for wonder

for a life like a river

that’s moved by its own way of being.

—ed sancious