Are We There Yet? (Advent One)

 The voice comes floating

     from the back seat

     of my mind.

Maybe the deep pull

     of the there

Maybe the impatience

     with the getting

Still the voice

heard once

     heard hundreds

     of times

More than the

     longing for

     arrival

          is the desire

          to be…

               there.

               There.

But…

     not now.

not yet.

Still miles to go

     before

     there.

     There.

It will not come

     sooner for the

     longing

Best enjoy the

     getting there

     while we can

     while we must

    

It alone

     prepares us

     for the being

     there.

     There.