Nothing Less Than Forever

This tour of duty
Has no end.
Somewhere in the distance
Parallel lines converge.
That is the point
I disembark.

What I said I will do

I will do
And I will do it
For the term of my enlistment.

My term of service is
Nothing less than forever.

Pardon

The way I said that.
I meant no bravado
No pitiful sense of greatness.

Actually

That understanding leaves me
A bit tired.
Weary even.

But I enlisted

A long time ago
And I will remain enlisted
Much longer than you may imagine.

I am the eternal soldier

And I will serve
Nothing less than forever.