Comings and Goings

The leaves were beginning to
turn and fall
when I got up in the
middle of the night
and seeing the body
of the old man who
stood alone in the bathroom
I was thinking that
I would be around
only so much longer,
and of the unexpected continuity
of things I have made or touched
being passed along
to my kids, then to their kids, then to their kids
came to mind
and that people come and go
and generations come and go
and eras come and go
and countries come and go
and cultures come and go
and planets come and go
and suns come and go
and galaxies come and go
and universes come and go
and Lords of universes come and go
and the Absolute Unmanifest sat in silence
as I returned to my bed
and I snuggled into the comfort of my covers,
enjoying the coolness of the pillow
and resting in my slow and easy breathing
I drifted into sleep,
while I rested in the knowledge that
my essence and the essence of
the Absolute Unmanifest
are the same.