This is it
Finally it
Thought I wouldn't
Make it
Glad to be here
Finally here
Nice to see you
Happy to meet you
So, this is it
I was wondering
What it would
Be like
Place looks nice
Not too shabby
Not that bad
Could have been worse
I shed a tear for it
Always wanted to
Be here; took a
Long time, it did
When I first started out
End didn't seem that far,
But it was an illusion;
Trickery
But all the trickery
In the world
Would never keep
Me from here
So, I finally
Arrived, after all
These years, all
This waiting
I was patient
I was content
To bide my time
To put my ear to the track
The train always comes
To those who wait
And work at what
They love
For love is what's
Important; without it
There is nothing else,
The world might as well end
But the end would be dismal
No one wants the end
For, after the end
Is nothing
And nothing will get you
Nowhere, and where
Would you be after
That – Nowhere
But, now, after this,
Now that I'm here,
I shall begin my
New journey
Across time
Across space
With my trusty pen
And my lined paper
But, not yet, for
This journey is not
Yet done, but
The end is near
I can smell it
Almost feel it
It's on the horizon
I'm at its heals
I'll catch up
Bite it on its butt
Nip it, make it
Stop and pause
Long enough to force
It under my will,
Then my journey, my
Quest, will be done
And my new one can
Begin, one with
New horizons, new
Ambitions, new goals
For that is life
Setting new heights when
The old ones are
Achieved
Some may try to stop
You, but close your mind
To those people, they
Can only drag you down
Set your mind
Reach for the sky
It's not that high;
It's closer than it seems
It's all an illusion
A mind game
See past the magic mirror
To the true path
Some bump into walls
Ignoring the signposts
Choosing not to
Move on
That is not what
I choose; I make
My own path,
Choose my own way
It is all I can do
To survive; can't just
Sit and smell the
Flowers
Maybe later, after
The goals are achieved
I can rest and take
It easy
But, not until then
Not until then,
For all will be lost
If I stop now
Until then, I look
Up to the sky
Let my mind hop on
The clouds
There I can look
Down upon the
World, see how things
Really work
Someday I'll come down
From the clouds
But I'll enjoy
Myself for now
So I've reached the end
For now
But, it never really
Ends, never
For, as I end this,
I begin another
And while this may be it,
I will be back with many more
So, until then
I say farewell
And pay a kind peck
On the cheek and a warm hug ---
July 7, 1996
