Endings
Ultimately
There are no
Happy endings –
Just endings.
We leave
It all behind
And are gone.
Forever.
In our wake
We leave
The imprints
Of our lives.
We live on
In the people,
In the places,
And the minds.
The ripples
Are echoes
Of who we were
In those who knew us.
Opher 2.5.2019
I believe we have a sentimental view of ourselves as something more than what we really are. We like to think that we will always be here, that the universe cannot possibly go on without us, that we will live forever.
I think we are animals, no greater that an ape, a whale, a cat or an amoeba. We are born, we live and we die. We came from nothing and will return to nothing. The universe goes on without us.
It is our consciousness and awareness that makes us feel that we are special. I do not think we are special at all. They are merely more amazing products of evolution.
Hence, in this brief period of sentience when we have this ‘miracle’ of life we should make the most of every glorious second.
We are a long time dead.