You and I
Temporary
This house we sit in
Temporary
The love we share
(As strong as it is)
Temporary
All the skyscrapers in the world
Temporary
The streets and the sidewalks
Temporary
Every law, speech, and right
Temporary
Every person you pass on the street
Temporary
The piles of bills and gold hidden away behind massive vault doors
Temporary
The pain of a particularly bad day
Temporary
Every mistake and every triumph
Temporary
Your inclinations, opinions, and habits
Temporary
The ghost and the shell
Temporary
The printed words of men long since dead
And long since correct
Temporary
Every thick, coppery, snaking trail of blood
Every minuscule globule of spittle
Every boiling, salty tear
Temporary
The hatred of every person in every place in the entire world
Combined into one stinking stream
(As strong as it is)
Temporary
The soil that has run through your hands
The sand through the hourglass before it is flipped again
The rain that falls on humid August days
The whistling of the wind through broken windows panes
The sneaking of weeds tendrils through cracks in asphalt
Temporary
All
Forever
Temporary