Small Things

over unfathomable distances

very very tiny decisions

tallied studiously over time

remembered forgotten

mimicked recycled

distorted fragmented

from the sum we become

very tiny people

tallied up over time

into very tiny species'

remembered forgotten

mimicked recycled

distorted fragmented

this math will continue

tallied down over time

a series of,

very tiny equations

remembered

distorted

fragmented

forgotten

over time

imperfectly

a very very tiny life

attempting infinity

we cannot forget this,

it is hard to remember

 

the small things

Author's Note

Reviews

[Richard🖌]

Brings to mind 🤔

"Little things mean a lot."
Yet, never put more impactingly than by Harold Kushner, with your title and perfect song choice (first saw the weirdly amazing "Puddles The Clown" on America's Got Talent several years back).
But, the impact from your words in Free Verse speak in a voice more personally awakening for me than the others combined … most especially:

"a very very tiny life
attempting infinity
we cannot forget this,
it is hard to remember

the small things" (Simply, brilliantly, true!)

Thank you again, David, for sharing your creatively impacting, uniquely original, poetry.
Never a dull moment on your site! ⁓ Richard🖌