Looking Inside–or Out

The eyes of the cosmos

are not on but in us.

We are each a part of

the cosmic perception.

How little we can see

in our eternity

which stretches beyond

our pasts and our futures.

Does it ever matter

whether there is an after.

“We are concerned with now”

the donkey told the cow.

“life is a sea of mud”

she said, and chewed her cud.

Walt Abbott–1-05-2010