Pinpoint

 Pinpoint 8/8/2014

It’s just a little pin prick

And it’s just a little time

This day in the doldrums

Of endless tedium.

Everything we worry about

Comes and goes

And dread becomes

Just another emotion

Useless and wasted. 

I understand the feeling

And I also

Have a lump in my throat

But even this is nothing

As we rise up

Again and again.   

Tonight I will embrace my family

Imperfectly perfect

But this time I will hold them longer

And tighter. 

It’s not always easy

And God knows

All that we have seen

As we stagger through another day

On our way to the end. 

We have laughed like pirates

And we have wept bitter tears

Holding on to our last shreds of sanity

With nothing but fingernails. 

The dumb

Will never understand

As they succumb

To vanity and pride. 

But to the thinkers

And the philosophers

They will know

And understand. 

Some want to think for you

And it is them

That you must fear

Because it is they who would destroy

Every spark from God. 

But God will always provide

A way out

As we all watch

Frustrated evil

Explode in rage. 

They can make us suffer

But God will heal

As we learn to claim

The priceless peace  

Of life eternal.