How Hopeless It All Seems

HOW HOPELESS IT ALL SEEMS

How hopeless it all seems
When we think of those vast distances
And those vast times
And our own little place in it all-

How hopeless it all seems
When we think of the short time
We are here
And the vast time to come-

What are we?
Small beings in something so much vaster than ourselves
We cannot define it-

How hopeless it all seems
When we know how little we are.

poem by Shalom Freedman
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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