Birth And Death

Ah, the miracle of birth!

We don’t say that when someone dies.

You don’t have to be around that long

to see where this whole thing is going.

What if birth was inevitable and death

was the miracle?

Most of what happens after birth is

afterbirth….after birth…after birth.

Death happens too…after death…

after death, 

alternating as things change. But we

don’t say much when something dies

or is born because we’re too fascinated 

by the visions of the Bardo of this life.