standstill hourglass

moment

as you clasped my hand in
silence, a gush of infinity rushed through my
being, from the vein in my ring finger to the
crannies in my heart.
i was glad to have found you
then

years

as fortune paved way for our second
encounter, the rush felt foreign, like a
wooden wonder corrupted by
age and ache.
but even corrugated shear brings
forth edgy thrills,
and i was glad to have found you
again.

days

as i received a red bow out of
nowhere, rouge emerged from pallor, successfully
evading the thorns in my
stream of consciousness.

weeks

as we set aside a portion of twenty-four to enter
the secret world of daydreams, you
encapsulated everything i needed
and wanted
and secretly wished for,
in a way i never thought was possible.

hours

as blinding light crashed through my door
(drizzle, flicker)
the twinge of an epiphany caught me.

months

as the waves reclaimed that which strayed
too far from the sea,
and I enveloped myself in painful reverie, I
realized you and I could
never be.
but i was glad to have found you

then.

--2:55 PM