Here & Now
Already, I feel the sinking
that weight in my belly...
the happiness drying inward from the edge
of what was once an overlapping
cool and comforting
pond...where my
senses swam
for too short a time
Already, I know the miasma
that aching in my bones...
the slow lapse of eloquence, receding
from the brink of brilliance
into mumbling stupor
nothing shining here
dark and wishless
threatens an eternity in me
Already I know the sadness
that tearing of my heart...
a slow-motiong stumble and fall
from rhythm of elation
trickling ceaselessy
into drops of pain
which last the forever of good-bye
k.e.c., 7/24/97