Eternity

Eternity

There must be more.

Life for life’s sake

cannot be

the answer

Are we like the lilies of the field?

Blossoming,

dancing in the warmth

of the spring sun

Fragrance,

carried on the gentle winds

of time

Growing, spreading…

unabated

until the coming frost.

The chill of winter

finds us withering,

our beauty seemingly stolen,

our fragrance forever lost

Or are we like the dragonfly nymph?

Born unto the riverbed

Called one day

above the water’s surface

Reborn

With silversilk wings

soaring far above

the depths of our old water home

Free

to glide on the unending slipstream

of eternity

Questions plague us

Locusts of our minds

Stripping bare the fruits

of faith

Our souls thirst

Coming to the water’s edge

We drink

Our mouths open wide

Careful to savor every drop

Your answer leaves us satisfied