Not Over Yet (Poetry)

What’s said and done is never all —
there’s always something left
we say our prayers — we do our best
our tongues and fingers deft

Completion is the final goal
we tick things off the list
methodical as we can be
there’s always something missed

We think we’re done — that’s everything
yet there remains a doubt
a niggle — one annoying itch
that stubbornly crawls out

We’re far from done — there’s more to say
the task list undiminished
we tick off three then add four more
life’s little play’s unfinished

Another line — a verse or two
we scrabble for a pen
there’s always something else to add
we stop.
                Then start again