Adjudged

Dēcidēre – then to resolve
& so say goodbye to other
choices & live with this as-
it-is – that blessed release

from eternal what-if-buts
can raise us to rapture – A
man walks among others
without caring about any

of this – he is disengaged
feeling this – Living every
moment is enough – It is
ideal to do less – I lie low –

I’m hidden – housebound
on my side of town [in my
settled place of dreams in
unfurled nights] – I do not

mind what matters [now] –
my concerns have shrunk
to this seen hinterland in
reach (an assured ending

is an only known) – Settle
to escape worrying about
any unwritten fate [& join
me in oblivious pleasure]