Nothing is less certain
than these constructs
whose markers loom so large
on all our landscapes
as if all meaning were defined
by shopping

Nothing is less certain
than the empire they support
which claims its power
over everything
but has no substance —
nothing true at all

Nothing is more certain
than the hum of life —
its impulse to connect —
and how each contact
multiplies life’s joy

Nothing is more certain
than the fact that life must win
by the simple truth
of being what it is.

©Wendy Mulhern
September 27, 2014