The Way It Is Poem by Smoky Hoss

The distance from
there to here
may be far,
may be near, but,
everything that comes
will turn and go,
long before the ducks
are lined in a row -
Love alone
covers it all the very best,
north to south,
east to west;
shinning and smiling
we're all flying away,
leaving behind bits of love
to help others get through the day -
Eternity... is it really out there
so very far, or
just one step
from anywhere we are?
Don't even try
to do everything perfectly right,
just dance all over this place,
and sow some light -
Love takes up
the slack,
filling empty holes
where we have such lack; so
don't worry: those we love,
they'll join us in time,
for the Way to heaven
forms an endless line -