Our End
A path of many years
Challenged by delight
To eventually finish
The polishing of lite.
We each choose the journey
Beginning to end
Scant promise we hurry
To mark the spot,
Our end.
When it is over
Will we know where we stand?
Some happenchance planned retirement
Amid the endings of others.
Each life a flicker of moments
The swan dance of light
A performance for one another.
Reaching some peak of grandeur
Before fading way.
It's not the beginning
Nor even the middle that matters.
Towards the end where everything happens,
That matters more than life.
Some peak early, but oh so bright
While other hum in coherent light.
Some decide when or how, the age and way
Worn bold and proud.