we are the breath between waves & wind

we exist,

transient

as the waves that kiss the shore

only to retreat again

solitude accompanies our final breaths,

while life thrives in the act of being.

the great machine churns silently,

harvesting moments

we scarcely notice slipping away.

our breaths evaporate,

a journey ending

where the sky dissolves into the void

where pressures crush

and clarity fades,

where eternity is a myth

and sensation a distant memory.

like smoke dissipating in the wind,

we are ephemeral,

thinking ourselves permanent

like stones on the shore

as we seek refuge

in the tempest’s embrace.

we are driven by the need

to understand,

to complete the infinite puzzle of existence,

to find meaning

in the cycle of life and death.

humans

we who live so vividly,

yet pour our heart out as we pass,

distanced even more

from truth,

embracing the grief

that marks our humanity

we alone recognize pain,

holding fast to fleeting days,

for fear is the pulse of life,

the proof of our existence.

meaning is crafted

in the living moments,

forever imprinted in memory,

even as silence awaits us all,

unseen by watching eyes, until

we dissolve into nothingness

before an indifferent universe.