Small Human Lives
- Melodie Cha
- Feb 20, 2025
- 1 min read
Updated: Feb 23, 2025
Our small human lives,
leaping into childhood,
and the next moment—
crawling away from the unknown.
Each little step
seems to bring us
closer to the past,
or farther from this life.
I was born yesterday,
and tomorrow I will die.
In between it all
is this little human life.
You fill it with your
love and light.
And when I fall,
and rumble and cry,
I recall the hands that formed this life.
Consciousness is half of my mind—
existing for the reason of only passing time.
Purpose you gave me, to understand why.
Because of you,
I get to experience the greatness of life.
I love how you encapsulated how short life compared to eternity. If eternity was a long string, human life is the smallest fraction at the beginning of the string. 90 years, in the perspective of eternity, does only feel like "being born today, and dying tomorrow". However, despite the short time of life, I appreciated how you mentioned that every step is still filled with good and bad experiences. "Each step brings us closer to our past" reminds me that there are so many factors that play into our lives, whether it is our upbringing, trauma, and experiences, that will heavily shape our future. However, my favorite part was the end, where you beautifully reminded the audience that when this…