Alive

Alive

we enter this world,

seeking the answers,

walking in steps

to find what lies ahead,

we travel in lines,

cross over bridges,

roll up and down hills

just to do it all again,

comings and goings

now coming full circle,

seeking a thrill,

in the newness of it all,

inhales and exhales

let us smell how fragile,

how beautifully insignificant

we sometimes become,

it is here that we find our power,

realizing we are deliberate,

even in weakness,

and this makes us strong,

so we stretch understanding,

feast on its reaching,

dig fingers and toes

into each of our breaths,

learning that the secret

doesn’t dwell in how to live,

the secret, is how to die

without regret