ALL THAT SLIPS BEYOND YOUR GRASP

Dreaming, misguided dust

given the shape of an ape -

that is you, human being,

slouching from the womb

to the colder rest of the tomb.

Aeons live in you, yet how short

is your voyage from the first

shocked cry at birth

to the last desperate words

you utter to the darkening world.

Dreaming, misguided dust,

made flesh and bone

and cast on this wandering star

to look in amazement and reach

for all that slips beyond your grasp.

14.09.2019-10.04.2020