Can You Fix Anything-Anything At All

by ROSTI Can you fix anything? That would assume You had some ability to change the past And as we know That is not possible. Or is it? Can we create a meaning for the meaningless? Can we work to conform a given story Into something We find more palatable? What about finding meaning In the meaningless? Is there such a thing as “meaning”? I think I know that answer But, life, sometimes, in my experience, Is a cacophony of noise and furor Signifying nothing It is true, though That I still try To wrestle a story into a frame, Like a painting… _________________________________ Can you fix anything? That would suggest That we can alter Immutable facts and happenings Which we cannot. Or is there a way? Perhaps our lives are about Creating a meaning Out of the meaningless In order to present it in a frame _________________________________ Can You Fix Anything? Anything At All? The short answer No, but you can fix A thing’s Meaning… © Richard A. Martin, Jr., MD, CPC, 2016