and then i stepped to the side
afterwards to the front
as the monitor shone
lights streaking in
omissions
of fingers
and
juxtapositions
imagining lilies
in the hands of someone
who's gone
leaving twenty years
in a wave
that has swept
well-kept lawns
and into the night
i made peace
with the owl that yawns
together we laughed
knowing we are still
prisoners of
that single step
frozen in flight
and done.
Jul 21, 2014
Jul 21, 2014 at 5:13 AM UTC
and then i stepped to the side
afterwards to the front
as the monitor shone
lights streaking in
omissions
of fingers
and
juxtapositions
imagining lilies
in the hands of someone
who's gone
leaving twenty years
in a wave
that has swept
well-kept lawns
and into the night
i made peace
with the owl that yawns
together we laughed
knowing we are still
prisoners of
that single step
frozen in flight
and done.