Length of Years

Length of years
is no excuse for anything,
but rather
to the contrary.
How long does it take
to learn the lessons
of many lifetimes?

We Are Life

We are life
and the mystery
of life.
We are the sunrise
and the sunset,
and the heat
of noon.
We are the year
with all its seasons,
fate with all its reasons,
and peace
and war.

But we do not
know it.