Dark Matter

Dark Matter 12/22/2011

The sky is full of stars
And the beach is full of sand
Each one different
And each one the same.

From the stuff of impossibility
We are made whole
And from invisible parts
We shall defeat death.

Sometimes even the good
Wish with all their heart
And come up empty
Staring at the sky.

I cried out in agony
And prayed with all my might
Trying to hold together
What could never be saved.

But it’s hard to say
If it’s for the worst or the best
Because you can’t see the future
When you are stuck in the past.

The world has a weight
That gets heavier at times
And you want to give up
And crawl into a hole.

To pull up a cover of darkness
And hide inside of ourselves
Never emerging to see
And never bothering to know.

But to truly live
Increases the chance of pain
And devastating loss
And to try again
Risks the same.

I asked for something
And opened up my heart
But even the greatest blessings
Comes with great responsibility
And sacrifice.

To go where our decisions take us
And pay the price
If need be dying
In the name
And in the blood.

It is easy to say
And it is whimsy to think
But it takes honor to live
And courage to love.

But either way
To be here at all
Is something to remember
And contemplate.

That against every conceivable chance
And insurmountable odds
We have met
And know for sure.