Here For Good
Jan 11 2009


Here for good, you said.
Tired of dead-end jobs,
first month and last,
acquaintances
instead of friends.

But when the whole world throws itself wide-open,
how do you decide on home?
Ands how do you settle
when the itch starts-up
the feet tingle
you can’t sit still?
Because you are hard-wired to roam,
pumped-up with the desire for change
novelty
and re-invention.

And here
only for good,
or for the bad as well?
Or is it “good”, the easier version of God
for humble travellers
— serving Him,
resigned to your appointed place
here on earth?

In this boom-town
full of big money and fast women
and pick-ups full of toys,
a young man can do very well
for himself.
And he may even be here for good.
Or to do it,
who knows?