to keep on going

what is more important
than this

to long for life
amidst the living
and the dead

to be hopeful enough
to carry hope

what is harder
than this

to merely wave
at passersby
who briefly visit

to slice the lighting
that strikes
in two

i breathe in new days
with joy and sorrow

because what is more human
than this

to love, to fear, to lose,
to keep on going