Smoke and Mirrors

I'm in good company,

going through the motions.

 

Occasionally I trend to the existential, sure.

I get all Ecclesiastes,

and wonder if there is any point.

Did the counselor know,

so many years ago?

Is it all smoke and mirrors?

 

No, not all.

 

I'm in good company,

considering all the poses.

the questions of life

and of meaning.

 

It's not a bad thing to think,

to consider, or to have thoughts

of why, and what

and when.

 

No, not all.

 

On the scales however,

on the whole, the balance,

it's a far better thing to take

a breath from all this melancholy.

 

 

Consider the things

that truly matter most.

 

Friends, and family,

good memories and bad, but true.

 

The creation, we wipe our feet on.

 

The things that don't really fade.

Not everything is smoke and mirrors.

 

No, not all.