Tagged: fleeting

tucked into this

tucked into this
morning’s fresh
snow,
something newly
beautiful,
fleeing
.
20220213:2018
y

nearly three decades

nearly three decades
later, we are still finding
hidden things within

your depths, stirring the surface
for clues in each fleeting fold
.
20160706:1210
y

our skin is wired

our skin is wired
with neurons devoted to
the most fleeting of
touches –
it’s how we are able
to feel the last second
of the year
with so much
joy, so much fear
.
20160101:1731
y

the best part of

the best part of
morning skips, slips,
swerves right
out of sight,
independent
of wrinkles and
theatrical cues
.
20140421:0836
y

at the end of your

at the end of your
cigarette is the
sun, rising as it
smolders –
a fleeting
symmetry
.
20131111:0905
y

accept happiness

accept happiness
as ephemeral,
recognize pain
as evanescent,
life’s coin
is weighted
equally elusive,
equally attractive
.
20131102:1802
y

even the sunset

even the sunset
is but a momentary
scroll, when unrolled, peels

across the fleeting sky, why
would we be any different
.
20121227:1513
y

embedded in our

embedded in our
DNA, a cause to cross
bridges, cast adrift –

these are fleeting times, but still,
separation stretches long
.
20120705:2059
y

a gentle swaying

a gentle swaying
in the space of a
verb, outstretched –
a fleeting
moment
.
20120630:0113
y