Brief Lives

 


give or take a decade or two,

barring accidents, on average, 

we each get about seventy years.


do we exist simply

as products of society

and culture,


or do we exist

under a mysterious sky

full of planets, stars and galaxies?


perhaps we could do something more valuable

with our allotted time

than worrying that it’s too short. 


sometimes,

when i gaze deeply into the cosmic nothing, 

i see the cosmic everything.






© 2025 Bruno Talerico 


Stafford challenge day ten.

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