RACING INTO OUR FUTURE

we walk
backward
out of the sea

our laughter
gulped
back in our mouths

our words
drifting back
down the past

until
they are only
the original thoughts

our clothes
falling
back on our bodies

as water
falls from us
un-wets us

here I
pause
then press play

the memory
obeying
my mind’s command

as we happen
again &
again

racing into our future
as if it has
never happened yet