the finish line

by Mike Lafontaine

I hope the finish line
is a long way off
I have a lot
I want to do yet

I never married
I never had kids
I never had a big house
I never tended to bees

I’ve been in love
in Toronto, Sydney
and Virginia

time will tell
if I ever make it
happen

I hope the finish line
is a long way off
so I can sit with
my wife and children
in our house
looking at my hives

and perhaps then
it will make me feel
so good
I wont feel so sad
all the time.