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Humans
January 15, 2017
We are all aware that calamities befall us,
yet still we hold tight to our arrogance;
"No one has that bad of luck," you say.
So you buy your ticket to France or China or Peru,
and as you're crashing-
through the clouds and ubiquitous blue-
you realize;
the sky is an upturned ocean
and you will drown on this sinking ship.
The irony of your petty confidence
seems acutely magnified
against the backdrop of the potential inevitable,
that is no longer a matter of percents and probability,
but rather,
your sorry fate.
© Erin T., Wichita, KS
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