Death sneaks in

Swiftly reducing

A month of

Hopeful hellos

To particularly

Poignant farewells.

Beginning and end

Unbecomingly merge

Flooding hearts

Already eagerly anticipating

The future

With stupefying grief;

Brutally reminding us -

Lest we forget -

Of the marked difference

Between tears of joy

And those of sorrow,

The wispy line

That traverses the edge

Of the living

And the dead…

●●

Two seemingly

Contrary "seasons"

Fuse seamlessly,

Becoming a

Sharp, salty

Near sultry lesson

In how our

Individual journeys

Matter.

Long, short

Middling

Each subtly relates

Our comings and goings

Somethings and nothings

What we were

Seen to do

Who we were

Thought to be

Wise words we uttered

Still lingering

Worth repeating,

Fools' ramblings

Dancing on

Gusts of wind

Destined never

To settle

Or gain traction...

●●

We are, you see

Ultimately judged

By the drama of

Perception

Rather than

The tedium of

Actuality.

Innumerable

Watching eyes

Be they

Closed caption or

Fixed pupil

Deciphering, deciding;

Plus twitching ears

Subconsciously recording

A broadcast

For a eulogy.

So, make this tumultuous

Yet thrilling life

Count.

Let it be an

Awe-inducing story

A life worth studying

Final chapters

Worth emulating

Mandate

Heard and obeyed

Salvation

Swiftly beckoning

Just waiting

To be grasped.

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📖 We ask this so that you will live the kind of lives that prove you belong to the Lord. Then you will want to please him in every way as you grow in producing every kind of good work by this knowledge about God. We ask him to strengthen you by his glorious might with all the power you need to patiently endure everything with joy. You will also thank the Father, who has made you able to share the light, which is what God’s people inherit.

Colossians 1:10-12 GW (YouVersion)

📷 'Yemi Akinbulumo - 10th January 2023