Sisyphean Solace

Eternity is a long time to learn. Yet Sisyphus was able to adjust To his punishment. He refused to yearn For bright tomorrows and knew that he must Dispel any and all such thoughts of hope. His salvation was not the morrows but The moment at hand. Not the highest slope The boulder could attain, in vain it must Descend again. But the span of descent Was his freedom: this brief trek down the hill Was his only joy before his next ascent Once more and endless treks as yet fulfilled. Man through his suffering does find solace Often long waited and found anyplace.