The Half-life of Writing

The urge to write, to convey

is our effort to create

word beings which we use

to try and establish

a demi-godhood which allows

our persona after death to loiter

in the enjoyment of those who dwell

on the concepts we concoct.

But what we write is rarely read

by those who still exist

and almost never by those who follow.

Better perhaps to appreciate

that the ephemera we propagate

swirl enticingly and dissipate.