Dark edges

Life does, inevitably, have its dark edges; 

Those moments when we find ourselves 

 Standing in a place 

We were never meant to stand, 

Feeling emotions we never hoped to feel, 

Knowing things we never wanted to know — 

And yet, the clouds still drift before the wind, 

The sun, and moon, and tides still rise and fall, 

As if to say, this, too, shall pass, 

And what is now will someday be a memory…