frailty.

frailty.
We try everything we can
to escape our frailty.
And yet, it is always there.
There is no need to run.
It is gift, not curse.
It binds us
one to another
and to every other living thing.
It is the birthplace
of compassion,
of mercy,
of kindness,
of love.
Embrace it.
We draw closer
when we remember
we all come from dust
and to dust we shall return.
-bshivers