all the paintings we’ll never paint

all the pictures we’ll never take

all the books we’ll never read

all the movies we’ll never see

all the words we’ll never say

all the songs we’ll never hear

all the places we’ll never go

all the food we’ll never taste

all the friends we’ll never make

all the sex we’ll never have

all the things we’ll never know

all the joy we’ll never feel

all the pain we’ll never heal

all the novels and poems we’ll never write

–

makes everything we do

more sacred