Portrait

We anxiously approach our lives

using the Earth as our

canvas, looking desperately for a

blank space to fill, a

place to sign our names

Fear not, for you print

your presence with every footstep

You immortalize a piece of your

soul with every beautiful word

you leave upon someone else

Your name will not be

remembered forever, but you are

capable of starting a chain

reaction of positive outpouring that

never loses its momentum if

you do it just right

Who wouldn’t want to leave

an anonymous warmth so strong

it melts the ice of future

generations before it even forms?

Isn’t that a better mark

to leave upon the Earth, than

a name that will someday

(far off) be just as

empty as any other word?

I  believe in this with

all of my earthly being.