A Question…. ?

A question to comment or ponder on:

How does one engender empathy (and hope) in ones darkest hour? Do we/can we do it (engender empathy) because life is fundamentally amazing, even though (or because), is spite of it all, it has an ending?

The Visitor

step over the portal

into the atrium

not the inner chamber

just visiting

it all seems so familiar

but it’s not

music’s playing

don’t know the playlist

coffee’s warm

but tastes different

just need to lay my head

where my hat lies

maybe next time

© 2018 michael d emmerich

Cold Chains

cold chains hold me down

black holes suck me in

medicine for the soul

best taken cold and dry

iron chains

draggin’ me down

sliding down a muddy hillside

into a strange world

in me

or in you?

© 2018 michael d emmerich