42
A random age
In random times
Yet significant
In this moment
In history
And in life
Forty-two
2 × 3× 7
The angle
Upon which
A rainbow sits
So that
In the right light
You see hope
In the eye of the storm
42
The number of days
A password expires
On a Microsoft domain
Before you must create a new one
Restart the tedious process
Of creating a new set of characters
That symbolize who you are
Yet is something you can remember
Before you forget again
The older you get
The more you use the same password
For multiple tasks
Because life is
Too short
To have to remember
How to get into your email account
42 minutes
The time it takes
To drill
To the center
Of the earth
Divisible by
1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42
separates life
Into segments
Sections
42
In spiritual terms
Signifies the essence
Of making life plans
Decisions
Figuring out
What is next
On your bucket list
42
Superbowl XLII
With 97.5 million viewers
The year Jordin Sparks
Sang the National Anthem
And the year I made the decision
to take a leap faith
Figured out
God had my back
After all
4 + 2 = 6
The number of times
My heart has been broken
42
broke barriers
in the form of Jackie Robinson
Baseball
My grandfather’s favorite pastime
Boring to me
Yet symbolized so much
To a race
A country
A sport
Everyday
42 children
are diagnosed with cancer
Such little bodies
Such little time
So unfair
Yet so biblical
Little children suffer
God beckons
God protects
42 is the answer given
When a Google search
Is completed
Using the terms
“The meaning of life ”
That you can
Find the answer
To these questions
On Google
Is a challenge
In itself
