250. the eagle's gift
There are many, so many
who have walked this earth
before me
stones in a path
leading somewhere
and what can I see ?
only this:
that I can see
the funny edge of the world
and that I am not alone
but that we are indeed rarer
than one might imagine.
More than once in my life
a strange ripple of laughter has spread
across my skin
and,
as someone older & wiser than I
once said,
that when faced with the infinite,
– aware of it or not –
laughter is all we have,
a shield
to defend ourselves
and maybe slip by the eagle unnoticed.