if you do not
or can not
believe it yourself
that life will go on
after your lifetime
is through.
Which is not to say
everything will be all right
in the end
and it is not to say
everything will be terrible
in the end either
because the concept
of "the end"
implies that one current
minute division of time
is the world's final hurdle
which feels terrible
but also a relief
as in an end to suffering
for all.
The realization
that the smallness of our "blip"
is still bigger than what humans
can know
feels a relief
but also a burden
because existence means work.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
or can not
believe it yourself
that life will go on
after your lifetime
is through.
Which is not to say
everything will be all right
in the end
and it is not to say
everything will be terrible
in the end either
because the concept
of "the end"
implies that one current
minute division of time
is the world's final hurdle
which feels terrible
but also a relief
as in an end to suffering
for all.
The realization
that the smallness of our "blip"
is still bigger than what humans
can know
feels a relief
but also a burden
because existence means work.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
