Questions Unanswered

 

It’s taken decades to write it all down,

Separating my life into files;

Searching always for answers,

Chapters bookmarked by years and miles.

The quest was all about order,

Yet chaos was all I found…

Unequal parts of beauty and bad,

Life was random events all around.

There were days of celebration,

Interrupted by incredible grief.

The cosmos is indecisive;

Only a fool could harbor belief.

I never decoded the mysteries,

Or feelings buried deep inside…

Yet still arrived at a verdict;

It has been an incredible ride.

Snapshot

A camera lens’ reflection, 
Is the chisel to the stone…

The marker of immortality;

The proof of skin and bone.

A documented memory,

The snapshot of one’s mind…

An only surviving relic,

The changing world left behind.

Gears

There are gears in my turntable, watch and car,

They run things in my life, not god…

I’m a particle in a world of chaos;

In life’s machinery, I’m only a cog.

Some gears tally the minutes,

As others control just our speed…

Gears can grind up a human’s soul,

Feeding another man’s greed.

Muscular gears can move mountains,

Minute ones cause life to begin…

Many mesh well and move perfectly,

And quietly, in a futile spin.