As We Know It

How many times have drama demons

come knocking to herald

the disappearance or demise

of something we’re expected

to hold dear, echoing the phrase

“…as we know it” in their decree?

As if our knowing is the point;

is the key to it all!

Life, society, church;

all of these have

our particular comprehension

of them threatened regularly.

What if the issue is not really

 the loss of the things themselves,

but the forever-transforming nature

of our understanding of them?

What if that’s also the point

of life’s forward march:

an overture to reexamine

our knowing; to grow

our perception of people

and things around us?

Then, maybe, the fear mongers

would hold less sway, and we

would recognize the engraved envelope,

when it arrives, for the truth

of its invitation to see the universe

with new eyes, fresh hearts.

Photo by Kendall Cox

© 2014 Todd Jenkins