If the World Stood Still

I wonder what would happen if the world stood still

Just for a moment

For the briefest whimsy of time

Yet we were fluid

Transient

If heartbeats stalled their recurring rhythm

And exhalations brought like benedictions

Sunk into the never ending sky

As stillness invades the skin and mind

If the incanescent stars served as anchors

For galaxies of molten onyx

Yet ceased their dancing with the moon and the tides

If whispered word slipped through fingers

And melted to the floor

As promises dance unbroken

Through the shadows in the air

I wonder what would happen if this stillness

Became tangible

If white crests of the ravenous tide ceased in

Throwing themselves desperately into the

Everlasting arms of sun kissed sand

While the heart of the sea sinks

And sings

If the scorched Earth beneath the unrelenting sun

Through fields of wildflowers

Heard whispers of a breeze whistling

Humming an otherworldly melody

As we are caught in this infinite dance

In our own eternity

If crystalline sighs were stamped into

The peppermint wind and silky sky

Like the twirling of a petal as

Caramel air captures it in a kiss through its

Downward ballet

To Earth's waiting arms

If the buttercups shielded themselves

From the caress of the breeze

And glass castles

Of snow stood stoic on mountaintops

Unyielding to the harsh whispers

That lash in an endless whir

I wonder what would happen if the world stood still