That Thing You Do With Time

By NeroMatches

Like sunlight crept into a room
through window frames shaped
like your soul from many years ago,
You did that thing with time again
where you only had to stroke the
crystalline beads dangling from your bracelet
your lips curling serenely into a smile
as everything
starts to
slow
do
w
n
 
 
 
 
sometimes I can’t
remember
what I  had been doing
before I met you
 
I’m pretty sure it had something to do
with knowing many things.
Like a Zen mantra written by
a barefooted monk who had probably
been ruing a lover lost
like all of us
 
but not me
not anymore.
 
You stand up
your thin body blocking
the light shining
from a crack
on the only curtains
that we bothered buying.

And I am home.
 

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Copyright 2016 NeroMatches
Published on Sunday, February 21, 2016.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • TropicalSnowstorm On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, TropicalSnowstorm (1580)By person wrote:

    Don't know how this came in below the radar when you first posted it! Yes, indeed, you have been sorely missed! I love this piece, and ending is to die for. Sitting back, looking around, and realizing you are actually home and no longer need to search for it. Excellent! Ciao, T/S Scholar

  • carlosjackal On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, carlosjackal (2787)By person wrote:

    You've been sorely missed and this 'comeback' piece is exactly why.....Just so good, so engaging and intelligent. .Bloody brilliant as ever.

  • NikesRain On Monday, February 29, 2016, NikesRain (1240)By person wrote:

    breathes with tentative, soft gatherings... like dogwood flower petals gathering in a breeze... lovely piece... welcome back

  • A former member wrote: Impressive. Internesting, original form and concept. Enticing to read with excellent word selection. Very well done indeed.

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