The Great Resolve

By William Laferriere

Do we not live our lives

Hoping for a time when things get resolved?

But does that time ever arrive?

Isn’t that part of the irony?

Like Occam’s razor

That irony is that we stand on the ledge

All of the time,

And we are never truly comfortable.

What should we do?

What is right and what is wrong?

What is rational vs. irrational?

Are we always to be on the brink?

I have previously maintained

That the answer lies within,

So go to the mirror,

And acknowledge yourself.

For you, and I, are

Beautiful and seeking…

And attempting to resolve

Just what has happened.