This ancient woman A relative 300,000 years ago... Makes my measly 70 years Feel meaningless My self-importance A gnat's ass All hopes and dreams Inconsequential My joys and sorrows Disappear like A teaspoon of sugar In a vast salty ocean My beliefs and knowledge Are rendered useless A wave of nihilism Washes over me I throw Up my arms And die inside
But we have the sun In common And stars and moon And birds and flowers And menses And birthing And lactating And rivers and trees And wind...
barb j beyers 