when it comes down to
it; life is exactly what it
seems.

consisting of going to the
bathroom, eating your
favorite  dessert, driving
hundreds of miles every
week to work and back,
writing papers for teachers
you don’t respect, finding
and falling in love, fending
off doubt, feeling terrified
the first time you hold your
child, making meal after
meal without any thanks,
looking at yourself with
scorn, wondering where
you are and how you got
there, fearing death and
turning on the fan when
the room gets a bit too hot
for comfort

never forget the simplicity
of the universe

never forget that humans
are just animals, animals
just life forms, life forms
just atoms, atoms just tiny
clouds of indefinable
importance

when you get down to it;
the universe is exactly
what it seems:

a space too big for us life-
forms to understand, offering
only the acceptance of this
poem as a means to stave
off insanity