Tsir’ah

Can’t you savor the beauty
Of today’s pleasant weather?
Why martyr yourself?

When it’s the right time, when I
Can’t benefit anymore
From its not-yet happening,
Then it will happen.

But I’m going to have to
Stay here half again as long
As I, then, had to stay there.

Until then, yes, martyring
Holds residual appeal
For me, although I’ve long been
Selfish, dying naturally.