foundations

 

and so it goes

the train wheels 

the playful steam

the tears of goodbye and hello

the uncertainty of future and past

and i amongst them all

but who am i

and who should care

surrounded by such beginnings and endings

i am neither beginning nor ending

perhaps i am all those things at once

but like i said

who should care

here amongst evolution itself

who should care

here beneath the rumble

there 

amongst the steam i notice

 a little orange head of impure gold

a stumbling manifestation of someones fantasy come to life

or someones mistake exposed

a child is either one or the other

and what could be wrong with fantasy

it is the fiber of every culture

and what could be wrong with mistakes

they are the foundations of every life

life is a mistake

a beautiful, tragic mistake

and a mistake is a miracle 

it is what should have never been

but is