Lives eventually end,
some disappear unnoticed.
Lives wasted,
damaged by myths of security,
infected by legends of safety.
Lives influenced by
falsehoods
perpetuated
by the misinformed,
truths
misinterpreted
by the holy,
good intentions
altered
by inaccuracies of understanding
or translation.
Meaningless lives leave behind lists:
of goals not pursued,
of unexplored fantasies
of unsatisfied desires
and forgotten dreams.
Wasted lives
don’t leave a trail
of broken pieces,
don’t leave piles of loves
found and lost,
don’t leave a vulnerable heart
repeatedly crushed.
Meaningful lives
are periodically
torn apart and reassembled.
Lives eventually evaporate.
Some pass unnoticed.
© 2025 Bruno Talerico
Stafford challenge 243/365.
Desert Dweller 