Impermanence

Of late,
I hear things about the people I care that stirred both sadness and happiness in me.
I see things about the people I treasure that brought me both pain and wisdom.
I feel things about the people I love that both breaks my heart and warms my soul.

And I wonder,
if we are courting pain by holding on to life's impermanence, will we be released if we accept impermanence as it is? But if we are free from the pain, won't life be just as dull as a white cloud floating by?

Sometimes, I feel, pain is what makes us alive.

～みはる～