Then
and now
the end
comes somehow
relativity
is time
eternity
has no outcome
every moment
a meeting-point only
each sentient
a mere spark of reality
sleeping and awakening
is rhythm and necessity
loving and hating
is but life's partial story
all that is
is limits and bounds
all around something's amiss
there are no perfect sounds
living is the beginning
of the route to the ending
futile is every clinging
unfulfilled is every longing
the best poem or the finest song
its essence is over after the reading and hearing
life's every delight or dismay, right or wrong
will be buried in ruins, beyond remembering.