Supposed to be
a foundation,
resilient
and inscrutable.
The wavering
delineations;
are we prepared
for an earthquake?
The once solid ground
shifts like a liquid
and our beliefs
lose footing quick.
What once was safe,
becomes a terror.
The Earth swallows up
the work
and the heart.
There would
no shock
to deal badly
with this kind of betrayal.
No apologies
from the weak stratum,
the layers that failed.
One moment,
solid,
living rock.
A safe place.
The next;
catastrophe,
the crushing blow
unheralded.
The world,
beyond all reason,
can literally take
the ground out from beneath you.
Try figuring out why
some other time.
There is no fate
escapable.
So, best to dwell in the moment.
Build and prepare,
but know that the Earth itself
is a traitor.
A rock from space.
A tidal wave.
A nuclear touch
A thousand ways
we could be
obliterated.
Our individual deaths
are the end of the world
and in 100 years
every living person,
breathing right now
will be dead.
So,
the world ends all the time
for someone.
Never crosses your mind,
but it’s happening right now.
Give you best to time
and try to live alive.
Maybe just smile more
and try
to dig a little deeper.
HG – 2018
