today you were reborn


you were waiting at the cusp of a new life
today even the polluted air was a fresh breeze
your heart slowed until you couldn’t feel it
everything passed through your sunlit glass

people began singing, who hadn’t been heard
every life you had lived came back to you
being still drew forth your torment
how the warmth of those loved is emptied

what obsessions cannot be found here
you are reminded of everyone lost
why you attach to those so tightly
destruction is your unfinished work

in a moment this too shall pass
come again with an outstretched hand
there is no closure to your life
press this flower as a remembrance

be still, be still if you can take it

this day lies asleep in perfection
your quietude became the whole day