UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT

FLEETING AND EVER EVANESCENT,

FRAILTY AND FRAGILITY LIE BENEATH YOUR HARDENED SHELL;

MORE OF YOU, I CANNOT STEAL OR BARGAIN,

FOR NO ONE WILL EVER SELL!!!

AROUND EACH FAMILIAR CORNER AND BENEATH THE SHADOWS OF UNCERTAINTY,

SELF ASSURED, I TRAVEL FAST, 

YET, FEARFUL OF THE INEVITABLE EVENTUALITY!

NO BEACON TO GUIDE ME HOME AND NO COMPASS TO SHOW THE WAY;

I WALK THIS MAZE, AMAZED AT ITS ENORMITY, ADRIFT AND ASTRAY.

MY AIM, EVER-CHANGING OR SET IN STONE;

THE END OF THIS TALE, NO ONE HAS EVER KNOWN.

STEADFAST AND UNWAVERING,

I STEER THIS SHIP THIS WAY AND THAT;

IN THIS ENIGMATIC AND INSCRUTABLE GAME,

WHO IS THE MOUSE, AND WHO IS THE CAT?

ANSWERS I SEEK IN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY,

CHOICES INFINITE, THE RIGHT PATH, WHO IS TO SAY?

DISDAIN OR REVERENCE?

ADMIRATION OR CONTEMPT?

UTTERLY IN AWE AND FILLED WITH WONDERMENT;

I, A PENDULUM, 

VACILLATING BETWEEN CLARITY AND BEWILDERMENT.

YET, UNYIELDING AND OBSTINATE,

I RECOMMENCE AND PERSIST.

UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT,

SURRENDER OR DEFEAT, I WILL RESIST...!