the elements of life

the building blocks of life

start so small…

elements we cannot see

that link together

to turn the simple into the complex,

the atom into the molecule

into the structure into life…

we rose from the nothingness

to find we are living organisms

breathing, growing, changing

from the basic elements

that we deem essential

but we look inward

and then gaze outward and

see that we are so much more

than what can be measured

with microscopes or tests…

the elements of our lives

include thoughts and feelings,

the body and the mind and the spirit,

ourselves and our surroundings,

the fire and the water

that both baptize us and form us

and inspire us and cleanse us

and light the way and wash away,

and burn and heal…

we weave together

matter and time,

nonexistence and existence,

birth and death,

darkness and light and shadows,

hope and love,

and love

and love

© 2022 by Chris Pepple

from Elements Of Life