View of a Pig...

Life has a shelf life as does all things.  
Things that are vivid today are
faded tomorrow, then gone next week.
The effect on us doesn’t vanish.
It lingers in our consciousness and
impacts our actions.  
 
The problem is certainty vs uncertainty.
There are only two things certain in  
this life, yesterday and death. We
dwell on yesterday because it’s real
and known to us personally. Death is a  
mystery but is always before our eyes.
We see it in our lives, in flora and fauna.
Faith says things go on, science says
when the switch turns off, the light goes out.
 
Observing what could have been, what
might have been or what should have been
has no basis in reality, only in our own minds.
What brought us to this point doesn’t matter,
the point we’re at is all that matters.
 
 
Ted Hughes, “View of a Pig”;