There’s a new phase at every turn 

It’s a new transition that catches you unawares

It’s the casual conversations that change quickly to career plans

It’s the lovers’ chitchat that’s overridden by a toddler’s cries

It’s the ridges formed from wrinkles on the smooth planes of our faces

Alas, it’s the minds that once thought shallowly

then suddenly observes the deep truths behind creation.