in more than twenty years
you will estimate the 
warped relenting
of the oxidized era
the lineage of decisions
threadbare in their understanding
             both of the maker 
             and choral

acceptance as the attrition
of 
what words
govern 
the finality of
decision
now,
you will rest
here
in accordance with 
our hands glide across
it to sense its patina
how the iron enriches
even the finest decisions


to behold the sea at
its sharpest accuity 
propelled by its Gregorian cycle
what was made in the
making of all 
of us, quiet
as it's kept