time is a dying man
whose children play in young skin.
hardly aware
that their clothes are wrinkling too.
undone beginnings
from the beginning
the ending was always there.
finished with starting.
cold wet and old
dust that’s wet and cold.
white as frost and driven snow.
winter forever.
daydream believer
in the far future
magic becomes quite routine.
knowledge of science.
night falls
when the night falls hard
from days of too much living,
stars sing lullabies.
parting courage
the partridge running
robbed of the safety of flight.
courage under fire.