Worth Less Hindsight

Hold.. 

if you can... 

that second ...

you realize

it...is...too...late

where on the other side of 

this (that) instant, 

this (that) discovery

a useless epiphany

the unassailable understanding 

that this is (was) the end game...

Try to savor that broken fork... 

between jump and landing

between thought and action

digit and trigger

spark and tongue...
life and last exhalations ...

beyond the 11th hour

the descent begun

from twinkling to Nova

the last thrashing second...

the last thoughtless decision...

the last careless act...

where one final callously indifferent annoyance...

led to now... 

When you dare to whimper and demand of Karma 

"No but Wait!", 

Will the universe permit time for one last lesson

and allow you to Hold that...

that .... eternity

and ask yourself...

Were the seconds wasted
in judgement...
in hate and petty 'isms... 

worth it?