The Final Word

The final word was finished:
accomplished and achieved.
Sorted out and brought about,
and now at last complete.

Compassed and concluded,
decided, dispatched, done.
Through with and fulfilled.
Over. Overcome.

All had been performed,
ended and resolved.
Satisfied and settled,
and paid out for us all.

And so the work was finished,
and so the word was said,
but life was just beginning,
for Life cannot stay dead.