time
The Triangle
Standing there suspended
Between the heavens and
The abyss I am at the
Pinnacle of the Triangle
Time stands still my
Heart is in my throat
The spirit is willing
But my calculations are weak
Casting this fragile apparatus
Off the precipe
The rush of cool air
The thrill of adrenaline
I am following an parabol-ic
Path if only I
Could get my co-ordinates
Right I might transform
This one way trip to
A stable orbit somewhere
Beyond this light-cone - my
Focci approaching infinity
I am accelerating along
A 3-second path I cannot predict
Light itself appears to wrap around me
Until I am swallowed by the deep
When I finally surface again
Time and space have
Resumed but the vertigo
Of total relativity remains
Minute (2024 challenge day 31)
wait a minute what’s a minute
count me out and leave me dry
kaleidoscope the ways I’m sodden
never let a minute pass
light it up and you’ll be stranded
fire leaves as fire starts
island you like it’s a birthday
shredded screaming not your own
tell a story light a candle
pictures of that long-dead past
memory of mustang sailboat
cache holds what you’ve never loved
wild summer comes a crawling
down the street you’ll never see
petrified you bring me closer
silent broken island steam
now that I know better
I will never lose my mind
wait a minute waste a minute
watch you climb up to the view
phantom limb slip forward
catch me if the ocean’s dry
wait a minute lose a minute
echo lonely
find an end