Days pass quickly.
Who can keep up?

We struggle to
catch a breath

as we search
frantically

for a moment
of calm.

I wonder how
lives are lived

in other places,
other planets

and other
galaxies.

Is there
any place

where lives
are valued?

Despite our
blunders,

life on Earth
continues,

proof that
God believes

there’s hope
for us.

 

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.