I held A moment in my hands and held it to the light
And rolled it through my fingers, mix of shades of dark and light
Then, scrutinised and sanitised
And pulled and picked apart
Drained it of emotion, felt its fading, beating heart
.
I found A moment in the dark and hid it from the sun
Swore to keep it safe and secret and to show it to no one
But it slipped through clutching fingers
And I lost it, gone from sight
The promise of enlightenment, neglected in the night
.
I took A moment for myself and promised to take stock
To count the toll of carelessness, and return to my rock
of things I love and those I know
Which shelter from the storms
And heart and hearth burn brightly, and the fires that keep me warm
Afterwards 