End Times Ii Poem by Bill Grace

Perhaps these are the end times:
The end of a child's life
The end of a marriage
The end of a parent's life
The end of a business
The end of a beloved pet or horse or other
The end of an age of national influence
The end of life
But unless we trip the nuclear trip wire
Our days will continue
Holland McSwain taught me this great truth
Sandy Nieman ratified it with her wisdom
The end of a capsule is only
The end of a capsule in which we have traveled
In which we have been shielded or not shielded from the elements
This does not make it sacred
This does not make it holy
This does not make it the End Times.