Nothing stands
still forever.

Body, mind
and soul

in perpetual
motion.

Something
within

pushes and
spins us

in all
directions

over time
as we search

to find
ourselves

in places
where we

cast our
shadows

in sun and
moonlight

as well as
our reflections

in puddles,
rivers, oceans

created by
rain, scattered

by winds that
birth more

shadows in
moonlight

and will
reshape

planets,
skies,

elsewhere in
space and time,

inspiring us
t0 live now

and dream about
tomorrow

because
nothing

stands still
forever.

 

Janet Cormier is a painter, writes prose and poetry, and performs comedy. Janet prefers different and original over pretty. She loves collecting stuff, but cleaning not so much. Janet also talks to strangers. A lot. Her column appears weekly on Oddball Magazine.