And when the end arrived it
gave up the ghost in the machine
not for change only to start
another round earn endless lives
but this sponge at the end
of a branch barely reaching
the thirsty throat which calls
us from behind the stone
into the solemn wine-dark air
why forget since to forget is
to sin only the blood makes
the thorns free in their grasp
of love that commits to the end
knowing that in our beginning
there is no end only love in breath
you breathe in and out again