Alignments And Calibrations
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What Remains
What Remains
It is easy to count absences,
to weigh hollow spaces
left by what was,
to listen for echoes of a voice
that no longer answers.
But loss is a thief
who will take more
as it lingers—
it grows fond of company.
So look
not back, but around.
The light shifts as it always has,
long shadows stretching toward
some unseen horizon.
The air carries scents
that do not belong to the past,
and the earth, forgiving as ever,
still holds you.
What you have now
is not less.
It is different.
It is the pulse in your hand,
the quiet of the morning,
the small, stubborn blooms
that push through cracks in stone.
This moment—
it is yours,
as much as anything ever was.
The Weight of Gravity (or The Benefits of Ironical Living)
The Weight of Gravity
Life whispers, Be here, now.
The breath of this moment,
the sunlight slicing through blinds,
the hum of your own pulse—
this is all that exists.
Yet, somewhere, beyond
the reach of our skin,
an infinity expands —
untouchable, unknowable,
demanding our reverence.
We are told:
plant your feet in the soil of today,
feel the dirt between your toes,
but don’t forget
the stars burning light-years away.
Carry the weight of eternity
while dancing in seconds.
How cruelly beautiful
this contradiction—
to be both sand and mountain,
raindrop and ocean,
a fleeting ember
in an unending fire.
We chase permanence
with hearts built to break,
build monuments to memory
on the soft soil of now.
We are asked to hold the infinite,
but it slips,
always slips
through the cracks of our fingers.
Still, we try.
We inhale the present
and exhale a prayer
to eternity,
knowing we’ll never
truly
understand either.
