En-lightening assured

Flanked by certainties

the beginning and the end

Although the manner or time

ain't up for choosing

Bobbing over the waves

and tides varied,

braving the tempests many

mind-made

Lost each moment

between the two shores assured

finding reasons enough to mourn

that which cannot be lost or earned

All the gold, all the jewels

and all the dross you treasure

would come to mean

less than nothing

From hair to toe

and every inch in between

returned to whence it came

not a bit or bob left unclaimed

Leaving you

light as a light yet again

stripped of even the you-ness

you so vehemently defend