A blink and A Tear

August 1, 2009. © Talon Truitt Cherry, All rights reserved

Blessed is the time we all share on this earth. Right?
I like to think so.
Without that thought so empty I would feel. I think…
In the blink of an eye we can miss it.
Even without that blink most do.
True, the pain we all go through seems barely worth it. Isn’t it?
Not barely, but completely.
If not then why do so many stay?
For that one ray of light that’s why.
That one random act of kindness from a stranger.
That smile, That wink, That handshake, That love,
Those things that one can only experience in life,
as far as we know anyway.
Why don’t we know?
Who decided to play such a sick game?
Give us hell and leave heaven unknown. Or is it?
Is heaven the place we go to when we ourselves practice kindness?
Should we line this life with the blessings of it to feel the presence of heaven?
We long for that feeling, should we then create it?
Life I mean.
Or should we hate it?
Gaze at it from a distance and laugh as we leave it behind.
No, I don’t think so.
For if I did I would become so foolish as to believe it is not a blessing,
And in that thought I would become so foolish as to see that my kindness,
My smile, My wink, My handshake,
And my love do not make a difference. Don’t they?
Some might say so.
I say so.
I sit here now in the space between a blink and a tear.
Ponder my questions only answered by myself, and laugh.
Because in that moment we all take for granted I have made a decision.
Become livid with happiness and made this tear that.
Happiness…
Life passes by as quick as a tear drop forms
We are that tear that falls when the eye of life opens.
The few seconds left before we hit the ground are ours to form.
What tear will you be?