Only a moment ago

Have you ever wondered

Where it all went

Shivering and cloaked in the Atlantic

Like a house wife choked by time

Only a moment ago

Have you ever felt so clustered

Tangled in the past

Swimming in embryonic fluid

Like a tadpole trapped in nectar

Only a moment ago

Have you ever crammed harder

Words you didn’t understand

Honing a headache while singing

Like a nightingale in the jaws of  a python

Only a moment ago

Have you ever felt lighter

Floating on cumulonimbus

Slicing through her crystal rain drops

Like a lover drowned by her first kiss

Only a moment ago

Have you ever been shattered

Buried in quicksand

Choked in the hot larva of betrayal

Like a piglet sliding down her mother’s throat

Only a moment ago

Have you ever given up

Stopped questioning and praying

Frozen on steam

Like a tear drop from a rock

Only a moment ago

Have you ever asked why

Slapped hard and missed

Like a dog chasing its own tail

Only a moment ago

Have you ever been at peace

Looked back and wondered

Boneless on sand dunes

Like carcasses before you

Only a moment ago

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