Revelation

There is a comfort in talking about old times.

Often, even the worst of times are appreciated

In their passing. I find myself most at ease when

Remembering the way things were over time.

Relaxed in thought, even sore shoulders and

Aching hips temporarily relinquish their pain.

Granted, that which was can never return the

Same. Yet the spirit of certain moments can be

Be resuscitated and in some fashion revived. So

Then, the human condition must rely on the mem-

Ories of our lives. I cannot say for certain, but

When closest to death we may at long last in

Vivid detail recall the moment of our birth. I have

Been told by reliable sources that it was on a rainy

Friday, the 4^th of April in 1947, the day I was born

Into this ephemeral form of flesh and bone. Perhaps

This is why on every rainy Friday for the past seven-

Ty years, I have had conflicting emotions of renewal

And loss. I have come to believe that only during

Birth and at the moment before death, the true meas-

Ure of life is revealed. And everything in between is

Cast as merely the folly of a contrived state of mind.

Chris Hanch 4-24-17