Momento Mori
on Memorial Day
Remember that one day
you, too, will die.
Will cease being here,
in body, in breath.
Will join all those
across time,
across the Earth,
through times of war
and ones of peace,
who have left the world,
have gone on,
crossed over
to another world,
maybe to a place
of endless wonder.
Let the precious
fleetingness
of their lives
remind you
of your
beautiful
mortality,
of your own,
and everyone else’s,
beautiful
impermanency.
Inspire you to
appreciate and
make the most
of the gift
of your life,
your days,
your hourglass
moments,
while you’re here.
Colin Goedecke
Westerly-by-the-Sea, Rhode Island
May 29, 2023
