immortals

never asked any god to measure the darkness

no maps nor trails to count these paths 

and when i make that final leap

it will be whence i came just ashes and rocks

shaky impermanence one day will vanish

a temporary memory for those that follow

so will you and each who's here today

even myths we embrace, all baubles hollow

behold skies, brooks and beauty profound

tall pines, warm beaches or nodding flowers

trees that lean out, embrace the sun

maddening beauty journeys on forever

few were promised gods and avatars

or only one who would be the end all

and they asked for allegiance and all your faith

for an outcome of peace before the final fall

so i will be gone and so what?
the answers unshaken, always been the same
perhaps my echoes, my thoughts live on
just a fading memory or not even a name

but i gave my love when i lived as one
grew a garden, tended life, and shed a tear
lived with dignity, found in gratitude
every moment's essence i held dear

if i made one life happy, one flower bloom
if i held a hand that was shaking in mine
if i soothed a soul filled with darkness, despair
such small victories made my journey divine

for i found the only god that i know
the best of our trials and travails of our days
the longest journeys, the harshest climbs
such unlikely heroes, for demons we slayed

it's alone a wonder this time, this life
my consciousness alive to a deep awe
for all that's in an accidental universe
that we came to be here and just now!

so the end will come and render life precious
immortality would abandon it without price
a life of hope, fire, learned grace
it's yours! in you! here now! in this life!

-Reena

Jan 27th 2015