Just Beyond Reason

He said farewell
In ways that betrayed

The movement of his going.
In middle age he is
The minotaur glaring
Thrusting his maleness
To the questioning eye.

Minotaur, maturity
What doubt dare
Darken your name?

The beast charges
The barrier, tears
The barbed wire,
Stops, Retreats,
Head lowered.

Hooves dig
Clouds of dust,
Man, beast gather
Strength for the
Fierce final charge.

Minotaur, maturity
What mortal dare
Question your fame.?

Old age at the end
Of the hall:
"Exit! No reentry!"

He assembles his friends,
Stands behind them,
Goiter eyes defying
The invisible line :
I am, I was,
I will be.
Remember me.

Theseus looking on,
His work done,
Watches the carcass
Dragged through the dust.