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tempus edax rerum

dear Time,

i have a feast for you.


i remember this place in spring.


i remember it in summer. i remember

the way it smelt and my memory isn’t very good,

but i remember the way it felt.


oh Time, are

you hungry? have you taken enough?


i watch skylines of buildings fall

to the ground,

but the greatest confusion is always You.


oh Time, oh Time,

i have such a meal for you.


do the clouds think of me fondly?


or pale in my gaze? like, maybe,

how i pale in Yours.


all these things i’ve kept for you,

in my hands, ah a woman can

carry so much but she can carry

only so much.


i guess i assumed you’d have a cloakroom

or something -

no i don’t have a coat but

really could you carry my scarf?


no need to be Angelic. no need

to stress.

no need


oh Time, i think i forgot something

at the last train station.

i think she was standing there

tired and alone

and i want her back.


it’s okay i won’t though. i’m okay with that.

that’s fine.

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