7/29/2004

It would be
easy to say
I
waited too long
to undertake
materialization
but
that would be
misleading
because
devoted to the goal
since childhood
though
older now
and feeling diminished
this morning
by time and effort
life after presence
still waiting its turn
too aware
the end could arrive
before a beginning
I wonder
if
there might have been
a better way
and will never know.