Already

Just how long
is one’s forever 
when so much
ever has already 
and what can 
one even promise 
that hasn’t already 
been proven just 
how many more 
of the what’s 
and when’s remain
do we make 
things anew or
do we use 
an eraser and 
desperately try to 
rub out mistakes 
in order to 
change the answers