Untimely

You set boundaries
And sitting in the grandstand
Certainly, I applaud you

Delicately - like the crowd in England
Watching tennis

And you decide to paint something
So I speak about your work

With tact, like a professor

Then you find a job, and
In the fullness of time, a spouse

At the wedding, I smile, joining the toast

All the while, I am loving her
All the while, I am preparing myself

For the grand sacrifice

You label it madness
But when you reluctantly reach
The gates of oblivion

You understand