Would it be easy to turn off the light?
Only when the work is done.
When the nurturing and care has been given
When the words of unwanted advice are no longer requested
Or ingested
Or mocked
When the hope of rebirth and repetition is finally quashed
Stamped out
When vision of environment and economy
Is stuck in its stagnant unavoidable clarity
And the last expectation of movement and growth
Is beaten dead.