Does it need to have meaning

Does it need to have meaning

What does it matter

Who benefits

When there is no such thing

As nothing

Nor even something

More or less, as may lie

Under the sun

Anymore than

This or that, maybe

It would help

To follow the trail

Of a snail

Knowing it will suffer

From overexposure

Unless it finds shelter

A little shade with moisture

A little greenery

Perhaps there is meaning

In the playful

Exploits of a puppy

Rolling with a ball

Pawing, gnawing

Until it is pushed too far

Beneath the sofa

The look on her face

Brow wrinkled

Beyond her years

What do you expect

From words derived from

The pages of a past life

Barely remembered

Is that really a question

Worthy of consideration

When every breath

We take

Has been borrowed

From out of the blue

A little pinch here

A wee peck there

Must it mean something

As the sun travels according

To a universal law

Whilst worlds

Revolve around it

In synchronous concordance

There is a certain lack

Of romance in truth

Unless heartfelt,

Perhaps that is meaning enough

To be getting on with.