Remnants....

 What we leave behind is as important as how we’ve lived.

                                             -Picard  from Star Trek: Generations

Remnants

of

others
scatter the path on which I trod.

remnants of an untold tale to tell,

someone or somethings life story

waiting to unfold.

Remnants,

tiny pieces of
a life,

a love,

of journeys,

scattered along the trail,

I gaze at them,

wonder who touched them,

wonder what they were like,

wonder about the paths they traveled and the sights they saw

wonder who they knew.
I wonder...

Remnants...

we leave them too,

tiny pieces of our color,

our crinkled up crap,

tiny chips of pain

cracked and covered and tossed to the side

given up by the carrier

as something that is no longer needed,

things---remnants---things

no longer needed for flying,

or spreading

or primping.

Remnants....

they brighten our world,

provoke

intellectual wrestlings,

inspire

and

invite....

Remnants...

we carry them,

bind them,

wear them out

and

one day....

when all is right

and

in line with the Universe

on that day,

we realize

that

the

"thing"

we no longer need,

can

be tossed,

put down,

laid to the side for a day

when

someone

else comes

along,

picks up the scrap

and

continues down the trail

all the while

scattering their
 own tiny remnants along the way.

May we all become aware

of

the gifts we leave behind

and

how

they color

the

journey

we call life

long after we are gone.
remnants

The things we leave behind...

they are important

for

all kinds of reasons...
remnants
recycled pieces of humanity
scattered
along the way

remnants...

What remnant have you left behind?