CREATION We have two powers To shape our fate -- One to destroy, One to create. It takes a lifetime's better part To make a lasting work of art, But drop a bomb And quickly killed Is what took centuries to build. So shun the radical's mistake: "Demolish to remake." Destruction just destroys. Only Creation can create. DISINTEGRATION Disintegration Is what happens When what happens Causes life to fall apart Creating voids bereft Of what we counted on or loved, Creating empty spaces Full off mattering, Because we miss the missing, Even what we didn't know We'd miss, Now valuing the worth Of what we didn't know we had. How recover? By starting over, Except there is no starting over, Only reorganizing The shattered pieces left, Puzzling them together Into some new configuration Finding odd fits And new possibilities, Answering change with change. When what we build Comes crashing down, What we rebuild is not the same. If loss lets life continue, Disintegration is part Of how we grow.