Sound and Fury

“Life is but a walking shadow, . . . full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
Act V, Scene 5, MacBeth by Shakespeare


Like mad MacBeth
shouting to the winds
I too cried out
into the endless nightmare.
The sound and fury of hopeless life,
of struggles and hardships, anguish and pain.
Even success goes down in failure
in the final moments
when death renders all,
as nothing.

But now that anthem of futile life
stands for hope
and bolstered faith.
The sound and fury of life on earth
only echoes the promise
of Heaven’s grace.
Standing upon the solid rock,
my eyes toward a higher realm,
I face the winds of death and destruction
with a spirit that sings of eternal life;
and the sound and fury,
signify . . .
nothing!

Rebecca