Endgame

To be able to say,

"I had a good life,

a wonderful journey,

thank you."

Takes the sting away,

disarms death,

an understanding that

it's been good.

Not all the hoohah,

but the understanding

that life is a gift,

each and every breath of it.

Each and every crumb of it,

dispensed so elegantly,

simple, yet unfathomable

while yet alive.