What if I befriended time
Then took its outstretched hand
Separation was no more
Despite life’s shifting sand
Daytime, nighttime were as one
Without the fear of loss
Silver seconds, yearnless years
And age no bridge to cross
I beckon thee to join with me
In unrelenting drive
To put away some thought of death
To embrace what’s alive
Each minute is a golden hour
Each breath a pulsar day
When time gives us its outstretched hand
We must not look away
This she has resolved
That the missing puzzle piece
Was never his hand
Flowers
They’ve suffered at my hand
Frost
Did I discount them
Never
I, as would many others
Nurturers
Set them again in the sun
Believing
They would continue
Blooming
I will gift you
Machine man, me
Eyes clear now
Future-ready
Take your Soldier hand
Study, journey with you
This trip around the Sun
We familia
I will gift you
Speed demon, victory
Bodies torqued
This skin, yours
Time trials completed
Finish line, Westward
This whispered promise
We checkered-flags
I will gift you
Sugar boy, pie
Feed you tenderly
Sing to you
In perfect pitch
Make a wish
This catch-me vision
We with lights on
Too many church bells
Ringing out the empty hours
My village of one
Afire, awaiting
Take a step back and come back
To chaos promised
I’ll never forget
Your outstretched hand in the fire
What I thought was Love
when you at once arrived
hand and heart outstretched since before
the beginning of time
in truth, you were already gone
had already left
and were never planning to come
afterall
Dusty hands a must
No, never an implement
Shall separate me
Why
I wonder of the blue-white-shirted man
Wait
Fidget
Turn away
Give your hand from afar
Take it back again
Stay seated, silent
As I rise to go
