Life’s Lessons

Life’s lessons accumulate like dust

to form a blanket of what’s known,
and what’s discarded
and what’s yet to be learned.

Blown into dunes, scattered and drifted

and always just a breath away
from completely disappearing.

Life’s lessons form the soil

for the new generation’s roots
and are the remnants of the last.

Life’s lessons are a gift for the wise

and are a burden for the fool
and in the end are meaningless.

k.g.