moses

illuminated face and all,
covered by the hand of the Divine so as to whipser,
"later"

in the desert;
mediator
back and forth;
back
and
forth.

struck that rock,
"do 'we' need to show you!"
does who?

time to turn that promised land over to others
too young to remember egypt;

"go over there,
scurry up that mountain,
there you will see"

did he tremble with age?
take his time?
silently make the ascent as past brothers?

when he saw the land he would no longer inherit,
did he care?
or
was he ready for

"later"