A raindrop trickles down the clock's face, and I know I am alone. The ticking has seized. Hope is that wet spot on the pavement you see on a hot day. You arrive to find there is nothing. A man told me something wise about the past. I wish I'd written it down. I grab at clouds but to no avail. The moon is as untouchable as ever. I've stopped trying to hang sadness with a noose. It is immortal.