there was a time,
a moment, for us

the clock ticked,
the sky wept;
I blinked

and time
thawed.

still
in its grip I felt frozen
as I and that I struggled to hold
were torn asunder by the tide.

I blink,
but rivers surge.

still
reflected in a ring of ripples
on the surface I can see the circle:
you and she, you and she

but not a glint of moonlight
nor a sparkle cast from star.
I close my eyes

to be someone, somewhere
else
bloodless

but I am not.