April 25, 2024

The Things That Would Be Lost

death often frightens me

no, not the idea, the process

and more than the process

also the leaving behind

of what I’ve collected

of what I’ve created

of what I’ve considered

the things that I value

for which others, the left behind

may not have my care

the thought of these things

these un-picked-up-things

it frightens me

for I value them highly

but then, this morning, reading Paul

I learned again how to be

how not to mourn things left behind

but to rejoice the glory that comes