the mystery man spins

in his own head--

his own way the same

mystery it has always been

but for the confusion of mind

that locks him in this certainty

                                                                   

                                                                               *

the reboot has taken--

what was so important

is a done thing

and this new set-up

is as much a set-up

as any that has undone

all that was done--

so why reboot?--

     to continue

to the end of this

particular sojourn

coming any moment now--

thirty seconds or thirty years

from now it does not matter--

     done        and happy to be

what we call

free

                                                                           *

all I needed I had

all I wanted I hadn't

no difference now

that these things have passed--

                                                                           *

in the long leaning light

of the hazy afternoon--

already a pale rising moon

drawing the gathering night

                                                                      *

so does Love endure

despite (and even because of)

our failures to love--

it will not be denied

and even our frightened

weary acquiesence

cannot diminish it--

in this we perservere       

         and endure

                               Content (c) 2008-2009 Philip Milito.