The Link

I didn’t need to pan for gold to

reach my golden years. Although,

in the past I was taught to look for

answers, I have come to realize that

they found me when least expected.

I was not born to discover a cure for

any disease or disorder, nor to solve

the equation which leads to some

complex mathematical solution.

Such tasks are there for those with

the propensity and predilection to

process and explore.

Mapping of Earth was performed long

before I was born. Beethoven, single

handedly, composed his Ninth Symphony.

Neither the first nor the last movements

were scored or arranged by me.

The planets were named, peaks of the

highest mountains and deepest chasms

in the oceans have been reached by those

more willing and capable than the likes

of me.

I am merely the random offspring in

the long evolutionary line of a twisted

DNA chain, for better or worse, fittingly

placed where I stand. I am who I was

born to be.

From the dawn of history, I suppose

it was destined to be. And I am glad to

meet you for who you became. You and

I, likewise, yet uniquely in our own way,

are inextricably linked substantively,

created from the same. In harmony

together, like it or not, we sing this

lifelong syncopated melody--Oh, the

Long and Winding Road.

                     -30-

Chris Hanch 3-11-2020