Steps

Each step forward

is one more

toward eternity,

like it or not.

New beginnings

foster the end

to life as we’ve known it;

ready or not,

here they come.

Do clouds really have silver linings?

Do rainbows’ ends reach golden vessels?

Words emanate and pass away;

people come and go;

life ebbs and flow

as tides stem.

Who among us really knows or

understands grace?

What choice have we but to accept

meanderings of each day,

hoping and praying

every step forward

leads us to God.

© Donna Arthur Downs