Epoch

You are living in a time
Of foment
Of wonder

Generations
Will study
The time
And the place
That you lived

Perched as you are
On the precipice of
Exponential change
Leaning
Over the chasm
Looking
Upon a greatly changed
Future

Students
In that future time
Will wonder
At what happened
In your place and time

They will study
What you did
How you reacted
What you thought

What,
Indeed,
Were you thinking?
How did you manage
To accomplish
All that you did?

Where did you find
The means
To be so brave,
So resolute,
In the face
Of such demonic
Hate?

How did you think
So swiftly
Calculate options
Analyze hazards
Dovetail improvisation
With detailed planning
And come through
So remarkably?

In short --
How did you do it?
How did you make it through?
What Great Force
Was on your side?

Or were you just lucky?

And now the question is:
What is it
That you've managed to do --

What are those
Not-yet-people
Proud of you for?

--Mr. Gobley