From Where We Came

From where we came leads us back. This is

Why we look up to the stars in wonder.

Everything that grows, the grass and trees,

The elephant and gazelle, the roach at rat

Know instinctively, biologically which way

To go. This is why the cat and rabbit need

Speak only with their eyes. Oh, there is the

Occasional yowl or meow (every living thing

Needs to be heard once in a while). I’m hungry,

Feed me. I’m unhappy, dissatisfied, my reality

Is once again out of reach. Come closer and listen,

Mind what I’m saying. The world, this life is not

The only place. Soon, all which is shall vanish

And once again will be replaced. A star explodes

And a super nova seeds the universe anew. I love

You are mere words we choose to get us through.

It is in the depths of silence that signs of life and

Light will continue. See that rock lying on the bank

By the river over there? Move in closer. Touch and

Feel its cool smoothness. The passing current com-

Mands us to listen. Need I say more? As grains of

Sand, you and I have been here many times before.

Chris Hanch 4-23-17