The Big Issues of our Times

you live

then you don't

that's it

the big issues of our times

look big when you're alive

but are nothing once you go

there are a million big issues you never experienced

or lived through

and there will be millions more

long after you are a forgotten name

maybe still engraved somewhere in a cemetery

for descendants to search for and find

as part of a genealogical outing

but Brexit

Trump

Putin

Scottish independence

these things are but distractions

that prevent a person living

look, it's autumn

the vines are turning from rich green

to soft yellow

and delicate shades of peach