Christopher Hansard: [Mortality]

We are connected to mortality

by our minds and breath

by our longings, hopes and desires

we are connected

as gravity is to matter so mortality is to human life

essential, a great teacher

and a humble servant

in the world of your illusions

invite mortality

to dispel all that is false

and through time and

the flow of the tides of wisdom and desire

you will

learn

the great lessons

offered freely

and with truth

by mortality

for mortality

is not just the arrival of death

or the thrust of birth

but the celebration

of how things change

their form

on the way to understanding