In the time
of the end
of the world,
I walked--
with a lily in one hand
and a double blade in the other,
searching
to the ends
of the earth
I walked.
In the surface
of the stones
on the drown side
of the river,
I saw
you waiting
with a tethered bird in one hand
and a rose ring in the other
in the time
of the end
of the world
you came.
I have the blade to set the bird free.
You have the rose to blood the lily.
there is no time
to save the world
but with the drown side of a kiss,
in the time
of the end
of the world
there is the ever-rising river.
there is us.
there is this.