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 doAnd 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 meA bit tired.
Weary even.
But I enlisted
A long time agoAnd I will remain enlisted
Much longer than you may imagine.
I am the eternal soldier
And I will serveNothing less than forever.
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