What units do you use?
Inches, feet, yards,
Pounds or ounces,
Gallons, quarts, pints,
Or should you go metric?
Or should you describe it in number of breaths,
Beats of the heart,
Steps taken,
Blinks of the eye?
Some would convey it with square footage,
Cars owned and miles per gallon,
Salaries earned and 401(k)s.
Putting a price tag on the human experience.
Maybe units of time explain it best.
But should it be seconds,
Minutes,
Hours,
Days,
Weeks,
Months,
Years,
Centuries?
But it may best be measured
In more important ways.
A life’s worth can be found in lives touched,
Friends made,
Smiles given and received,
Laughter shared,
Moments experienced,
Love gained and bestowed,
Hope spread,
Wounds healed,
Fires sparked,
And perhaps,
Most importantly,
Ties formed.
For these bonds serve as
The legacy of a life.
When the soul crosses the bar
To the world beyond,
These strings remain,
Linking all of those
Who opened their hearts,
And were rewarded with an open heart in return.
So a life can best be measured
In terms of the heart,
And no units can
Accurately describe its worth.
And once one heart has touched another,
The person’s life will
Pulse through the blood of others
Long after he or she has perished from the Earth.
For life, once lived, will never end.
The soul imprints onto those it loved,
And a shadow like this
Can never die.
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