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Stand I

I stand in the aftermath 
between the oscillations of time 
wondering idle thoughts of you

I feel my mind haunted by 
the passing moments of you
like passing effigy’s funeral parade

idle images n bright photographs 
only your shadow hides in my mind
as time lingers on by

these moments caught in apathy
have you seen the leaves drifting in time
turning the colors of Crimson, amber, sublime

see orange fires, a hue of Oblivion’s season
watch then fall over and over again n again
thinking only of you, only of your hue

have you ever seen 
the snowflakes suspended
in time, caught in the cold air 

before it leaves this moment 
down, down, flutters, and spins
melts away

how can you dare 
Not understanding what I bear
all along my stair 
I see you in the flowing night

It jars my mind
filled with ruminations 
deep in my eons primordial form

I stand in the glare of the oncoming light 
floating in your eyes, drifting in your smile 

I stand in the aftermath 
between the moments 
of you n seconds of my wrath 
linger the idle images of you 

dividing the turns of the hand 
into moments divided 
into some infinite 
infinity of parts 

the black flock of the clergy, pass
I see you there in the snow 
as it drifts upon your hair

the church is bare
all have left the service
streetlights flicker on

I stand in the twilight watching 
wander away, not saying a thing
feeling the snow, fleeting

linger in the air, feeling your shadow 
linger on quietly n despair

I stand in the aftermath 

between the oscillations of time 
wondering idle thoughts of you

I feel my mind haunted by 
the passing moments of you

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