The word forever

It rained this morning

And droplets tap danced on the windows

But now a velvet sky parasols the earth
While budding flowers beg like sparlings.

It was on days like this

The sun kissing us pink and grasses

Smelling like new mown hay

And the entire earth becomes a time capsule

Of who we once were.

 

The clatter of the streamlet

And the trees applauding against the wind

Ask about you, where you have gone

And at last the full moon appears like

A great white w***e urging lovers to their beds

And stars lean closer, ever curious

All reminding me of that moment

When your mind moved back into your face

And the word forever was never heard again.