One By One
One By One
What if you died today?
What would you do?
Where would you go?
What would you say?
Who would be waiting for you?
Would you even know?
Ask yourself each question.
One by one.
It's okay not to know the answer.
Even ignorance matters.
Bliss flatters.
Balancing the brink,
the other side may not be what you think.
What if you were called to breathe a different air?
What if you were already there?
You wouldn't need to think twice again.
It wouldn't matter if you chose to care.
But would you be in the sight of Heaven or the sight of men?
Live your questions.
One by one.
Become the answers.
Ignorance won't matter.
Bliss will still flatter.
Wood will still crack.
Glass will still shatter.
Voices will still chatter.
Black will still be black.
One by one.
you'll know when you're done.
Copyright © Sarah Herring | Year Posted 2014
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