******* Bandit time is lost A gone forever shroud, Elusive as an errant fog That’s slipped into a cloud. Elusive as a crystal shard Mixed secretly with sand, You know the shard’s apparent When It lacerates your hand.
Time lacerates your senses Like sand between the toes, It’s there and then it vanishes Like vapored mist it flows. Insidiously sneaky In the way it sidles up And gallops past like mercury, Frustration's heady cup.
Were there ways to vanquish time To pause it in limbo, I would celebrate with agelessness And a glass of fine merlot. I would savour every nuance And roll it on my tongue For the taste of piquant victory Is a toast to battle won.
Marshalg @ the Gate Mangere Bridge 19th January 2009