What I Know for Sure About Mortality 

 

Is that there is no age limit on backyard games because will all become ground, tree, or grass and it is always kind to get to know your neighbors 

 

That nothing hits the soul quite like moonlight on water because it is to witness a great force as seen by the one it pulls upon 

 

That we have already discovered time travel because knowing the past is as close as we will ever get to seeing the future

 

That there is a big difference between starting a call with I love you and ending a phone call with I love you but that both hold the same fear for a dial tone 

 

And if you watch a full plane in turbulence it looks just like the swaying crowd of a concert pit because in both hold the same freedom from anything else that matters 

 

That Mary was not told her son would die because women have never been trusted with knowledge, but have always been trusted to hold others’ pain 

 

And finally, that a grand final act can be a sip of orange juice or a smile because the small pleasures are all we get 

 

Because the small pleasures are all we ever need.