The Expendables

Countless stars shine each day
stare upon the face of the earth
silent as rocks
they sparkle they glint
enchanting the onlooker
with their dazzling clout

Stars unnamed unknown
a billion years their time
but how insignificant a life
yes loved and adored
but just as easily gone
as once they had lived

We are all expendable as the stars
perhaps more
for some of us never get to shine
when we do
it’s for a while
a blip in the lives of the ones we loved

It’s that hard truth
that comes along once in a while
we are alone
amidst the love
and the loved ones that surround us
for they are alone too

Maybe this view is skewed
for abandonment issues run deep
not the soundest of minds
to speak of such things
but in every tiny heart is a small being
that knows how expendable it is

So when sometimes they are away
there’s nothing personal
they just don’t need you
the way you do
it’s what reminds me
why I first fell in love with God

He’ll never leave us
time and again I find myself at His feet
holding them tight
when those tears fall
He never speaks
and yet, I know calm

A silent peace that in my vulnerabilities
I’m never alone
that He knows my heart and its hurts
and with that I can sleep
for Bhagwan will knock on my door
when He finds me weak