essay of a poet

it must come inevitable 
from outside or within
but could it be, for once, in courage
this coming to his end?

tragic sentence punctuated
exclamation at its close
a relinquishing of claims to deed
in comedy and repose

this the brighter—a willing act
stead' the tear-stained 'goodbye'
instead a laugh at fate and fury
'watch this!' —a thrill, a try!