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Universe Specks | Time Spent


A flick of the wrist An expression of surprise Nods, and eye contact Baldness and balding Business dress Causal Ties and dress shirts, Attention to detail Plead pants and shined shoes Plates stacked up like the years Of their friendship Resting upon a table Foundation that allows A knowing, feeling of Acceptance for one another They are comfortable with eachother’s Silence Laughter tickels their time together Once a week, a lunch Spent filled with silence The thick sounds of other Less important conversations Intoxicating yet unsuccessful At penetrating their own Corner of the world. As the ocean surrounds a reef Curving out its imprint Making a lasting fingerprint Joys that can never be taken A passion, uniting the two Understanding and openness Like an open wound That you surrender to cleaning Through others We find ourselves Determing what we’re made of Who we are What we sand for With those closest We are the most surrendered Like a broken pen, Our flaws sprawled out on A paper once white, Now permanently stained A reality of relativity Generalizations Rationalizations Realizations Approximations to what we Are to come Who we are to be Butterfly, trapped but Its release imminent Specks, we are Unnoticeable on one level Broadcasted on another Why are we here? Resting upon a rock Mountain tops force on A hat of perspective Busy flecks of light Passing by Beneath trees and freeways Where could they be headed, At such a late hour?
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