A glance / Briefer than / A flicker of sunlight / Turning into rainbow flashes / Did we dance / All night? / Did we forget, or remember / To say our goodbye? / Or did we stay? / A moment frozen in time / Where nothing matters / Not even our conscience, obligations to others / A madness / Coming ’round / A fever / Target, found / And we burn anew / A déjà-vu / A familiar pain / Oh yes, we had chosen / A sensible, logical end / But now and again / We truly, blindly, foolishly / Fall / Fall! / For a love / Briefer than / A glance. be gentle with fragile things / once exposed from protected shields / be careful with revealed secrets / be mindful of how one feels. /// you can turn your head from tragedies / have a good laugh at life’s comedies / you can practice navel gazing all day long / and exchange all around niceties. /// but be weary of a guilty conscience / for it will eat you up ever so slowly / and a sort of co-dependence / will bind you to bittersweet misery. /// if so, be thankful for the pain / for wisdom earned, for lessons gained / and maybe for some regrets / common things for us humans. /// yet be kind with violent things / and bless them and their intolerance / be graceful among your fellow beings / and aware that all must end. /// so be patient with their shortcomings / offer a prayer on their behalf / be nice to yourself, and to everyone else / you can be thoughtful, perhaps? as I stay still / I remember movements / as ancient as the earth, / the stars in the firmament. /// as I stay silent / I can feel vibrations / that have colors, emotions / and I remember my name / given to me with a promise / and love of the eternal flame. /// as I look beyond / I remember seasons / after seasons long gone / and I smile / feeling blessed / dear hearts, my loved ones / I wish you all the best. /// as I move on / I recall moments / of desperation / and I thank you for reminding me / this too shall pass / yes, this too shall pass soon.
