Like Slow Water
He sat there in the dark corner of the bar
Alone and lost in his thoughts
Surrounded by the smell of stale alcohol and regret.
Drink had become a bottomless crystal that allowed him
to look down the endless corridors of his mind
And listen to echos of memories trapped forever
Within his soul.
He remembered nights when twilight crept silently
Over the world like a cheetah seeking its prey
And love came caressing his cheek like the nuzzle
of a gentle lamb.
She was his music
But he did not hear
She was honey
But he did not taste.
She was life
And he let it slip away.
Now days seemed to fly as
Swiftly as the eagle
Seeking its nest
At sundown.
And there he sits night after night
Alone and lost in his dream
Of falling into her
Like slow water.....
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