borrowed.

Nobody really  o w n s  anything

We give back our bodies
at the  e n d  of our lives

We own our thoughts
but everything else is just  b o r r o w e d

We use it for awhile
then pass it on

E v e r y t h i n g

We borrow the sun that shines on us today
from the people on the other side of the world
while they borrow the moon from us

Then we give it back

We can't keep the sun
no matter how  a f r a i d  we are of the dark

We borrow our food
What we eat becomes fertilizer
that goes back into the  e a r t h
and gets turned back into food

Everything is  b o r r o w e d 


- Deborah Ellis, No Ordinary Day



(photo credit of courtmoly)