The Journey Closing

A brief review of life and the forthcoming end of the journey

It is coming to its limits

The form is complete

My journey is coming to its finish

I am seeing what I was to be

What was my purpose on this journey

Which load it was that I was to carry

Who the people were that I was to share

Dreams, plans, sensations, and thoughts

Some were who would be predicted

Others were those that lasted but a moment

And were a brief surprise, others a lifetime spent

Have I done all that I was meant to do?

Had I said or done the best for them I could?

My intention was that I would

But failures were likely many, as we shrew

A shortcut here, an avoidance there,

Missed chances likely many

To have done better, but failed

However, guilt is shared by others in turn

To have done better for me, and others

When the wind failed our sails, and were spurned

But matter now not, for the shoreline once far!

Now is but a short distance, coming closer

Soon the journey ends.