-- The Finality of the End --

John Herlihy

A finality lies in an ending that cannot be overlooked;

The ending arrived with no more passing to be brooked.

Sorrow appears at the end of an affair as in the end of life;

Something has been severed, cut away by a sharp knife.

We didn’t see it coming, the end never seems very near;

When it does finally arrive, nothing is held more severe.

At first, feelings of disbelief, as in this isn’t happening;

Let us put an end to this ending, as if still pretending.

Time passes over an ending like water passes over a shell;

As if the entire world ending, yet time still has a story to tell.

With every ending comes the feeling that time has run out;

The shutter closed, the light extinguished, there is no doubt.

But everything is temporary, even the end will pass away;

While a premonition is left behind, portending a new day.

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Thursday 5 November 2020