Like so many others…

Like many others,

I too

Arrived to this world

for a brief visit.

I too saw

the land and the sky,

I too felt the gentle caress of daisies

in sun-kissed fields.

I too saw

humanity,

viscous and cruel,

Roaming the planet like barbarians.

I too felt

Like so many others,

joy and sorrow.

And

I too will

one day

become dirt –

Like the the dirt of many, many others…

Anoush Krikorian, 1994