Tuesday, April 20, 2021

THE END OF TIME

Maybe all along 
we were 
all wrong about it—

overly 
dramatic,

or else, 
too clever by two- 
over-half.

Maybe it's not all over
(that's too climactic).

Maybe, instead, it's
the 1st of Never 
on the calendar—

at last 
that day has dawned 
which will not ever set.

But we are so used 
to the practice 
of patience—

of just hanging on 
and staying 
strong til tomorrow—

that we're all too contented 
to sit
and to wait

even though it's getting 
awfully late—

or should be, 
anyway.