Carla A. Boynton shares a poem that came to her while meditating on impermanence, as she and her wife face the end stages of their daughter’s life.
I am stardust.
I am water, fire, earth and air.
When conditions were right,
All these elements manifested to
Become one.
Now that I know these things,
I have no fear.
When conditions are right,
I will again become stardust minus water,
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Carla A. Boynton shares a poem that came to her while meditating on impermanence, as she and her wife face the end stages of their daughter’s life.
I am stardust.
I am water, fire, earth and air.
When conditions were right,
All these elements manifested to
Become one.
Now that I know these things,
I have no fear.
When conditions are right,
I will again become stardust minus water,
Fire, earth and air.
I am free.
