predicament of being alive it isn’t easy on planet earth setbacks carve us staggering low-back pain or your family business fails a parent’s sudden demise empty craters of loss a swallowtail flickers by or the mockingbird’s serenade a dog’s cold nose in greeting jasmine in the air enough joy to keep us here just how to welcome paradox are we vast enough? open?
oh! that last stanza....
"...enough joy to keep us here just" followed by the question, "are we vast enough? open?" Lovely lines!