Forever

Ruminations on Malcolm Guite leading a retreat in London on the Seven O Antiphons.

It is easier to stay
For counted things
We are
A numbered people.
If there is
A beginning
An ending
We are more happy
Than if things
Go on
Forever.
Forever cannot
Be numbered.
Forever
Cannot
Be counted.
Forever
Does not fit easily
On an advertising
Poster,
So if people show up
To hear the reflection
They may be there
Forever.
No one
Will let them
Go home.