Another to Come

Another to Come

There once was

a very old

young man

he has seemed to have lived

forever

and a day

In his mind

he was immortal

a man

of infinite years

and

of infinite knowledge

In life he suffered

much

tribulations of life

and yet survived

with seeming joy

so far

With this life

the very old

young man

has many memories

to think on

and recall

He has witnessed

many things

and knew

that there were still

many more

to come

He would

see them all

eventually

given time

time enough

But not just yet

unknown events

were to happen

soon

to this very old

young man

Another

was to come

one such as he

as yet unknown

a woman

elsewhere

not near

There was a woman

a strange

young woman

young

yet old

in many ways

Not old

as years gone by

but one old

in ways

of the world

and mind

She seems to be

all ages at once

young and old

and everything

in the between

This strange

young woman

was like

the very old

young man

She too seems

to have lived

forever

and a day

at least

she thought

She

like the very old

young man

has lived

many things

and more

But somehow

she knows

her future

is not

alone

not now

not yet

somehow

to come

What

was to happen

had not happened

yet

so she waited

A long time

to you and I

but not for her

this strange

young woman

A short time

for the very old

young man

Something

would happen

each knew

Now

how they met

now no one knows

no one cares

Neither

the very old

young man

or the strange

young woman

knew

exactly

Nothing special

it just was

now

The very old

young man

just came

to know of

the strange

young woman

And yet

in a time

it was

they met

They knew

that they

were unique

and alike

together

No one

was like

these two

before

or ever

Nor would there be

two people

such as this

in the world

again

What they were

who they were

they did not

know

they did not

care

They had

the knowledge

of infinite times

and

the knowledge

of each other

The very old

young man

and

the very strange

young woman

grew

in all things

Always

together

and

never without

the other

Growing

in knowledge

and growing

in love

in all ways

Many things

done

many places

traveled

always

together

Seldom separate

never talking

yet always

understanding

and looking

and seeing

To the people

in the world

thinking

that they knew

these two

did not

This very old

young man

this very strange

young woman

were unknown

to all

Would these two

always

be one

always be

with each other

together

Neither he

nor she

knew

nor did they care

what would happen

would happen

But others

always talked

and wondered

forever

they thought

maybe

The very old

young man

and

the very strange

young woman

would be

forever

and a day

Until

the end

when all things

end

the end of

now

But not before

the next

The end

yet to come

This very old

young man

and this very strange

young woman

will end this

themselves

In a way

not guessed

by any

including themselves

For now

they have gone

we assume

together

Forever some talk

but no one can

really say

truthfully

Except

the very old

young man

and

the very strange

young woman