LIMIT

LIMIT

you promised yourself
a world above suffering

secure. self-
contained,
complete

which is
what you have achieved
you do believe

sitting here
    the golden light
glistening of everything
in your world
that is itself gold

whilst the planet
sick at heart
    grumbles bitterly
seems set
to turn its back

it has seen this all before
many times but
never
  to this extremity

steadies itself;
gathers its resources

ready to test this philosophy
to the limit