Wednesday, November 4, 2020

what we take with us

at a certain age
we have most of the things we need

in a material sense.
our basic
needs for survival

have been taken care of,
unless the worst has happened

as it occasionally does.
but anything

we can touch, or has a physical
weight to it
has been bought

or earned.
we fill our houses,
we fill our pockets with things.

things that will remain long
after we're gone.

at a certain age, you see the  comfort
of these things. but none of them

mean anything,
or stand up to
what a friendship brings.
what a true love brings.
what family brings.

those are what we take with us,
when
we at last leave.

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