Wait

"Oh, little one, I know you've been tired for a long long time,
And oh, little one, I ain't been around for a little while;
But when you see me, wait."
                                       St. Vincent, "Strange Mercy"

"God is a place you will wait for the rest of your life."
                                       Neutral Milk Hotel, "Two-Headed Boy, Part Two"

Man, since the expulsion, has toiled in the desert. Age upon age looking into the darkness, knowing himself only through night emissions. Beyond the faint lights arriving in dreams and visions, there is for him nothing.

In those moments, we rest, watching the swift hound cross the field, returning in triumph. A moment of joy we may hold forever. Some who succeed name this triumph after the antagonist of an old story.