All of a Sudden

All of a Sudden outside the sun has given up the stories told are changing clouds are fingers of a moving hand that hold and press the passion of a frozen day against my eyes and through my hands the burning void calls another season to an end my sorrow cuts the shapeless air each moment starts with what I've known a table in a crowded room dark with hidden voices and falls away from there your yellow perfume lingers like a halo over where you've been I can't recall how long I stayed talking to an empty chair and as today winds down to night your smile forms up around me sharp and turned just enough to know what's next and still enjoy the soft and bright unfolding