the engines have stopped turning [POEM]

the engines have stopped turning

it’s time to go home

but the mission -- 

is over

but our duty -- 

is done

we don’t
need
to keep
striving
we finished
our task
let’s not make
more work
just to be
working
that would undo
all we have done

but the engines have stopped turning

we are home
let us rest

© Buzz Dixon