if stranger looks away
will you follow that gaze
to places you know less than
hope but more than what
you have seen before?
if wonder finds you hiding
inside the soundtrack
of crashing curling water
will you breathe her in?
or pass away to lack
of tomorrow's only chance,
not trusting the dream
of scales on your spirit's
soul...
if lover lied to your mirror's face
will you see the backwards
irony that never lets you rest
in it's pervasive curses
of questions, that
only serve to send you
deeper in a maze-
meant to end the wild streak
that could have been alive
when the sun first kissed
your brow...
if you...were your own lover
touching the wonder liquid colors
crawling down your time away from
yesterday, you would see you are only
a stranger yourself...one worth knowing
tomorrow...but today...
we only have today,
she said to the
graffitied quotes
that followed her
like a jules verne
quest to the center
of a planet
she didnt know
was alive
until she said gently
one more time...
we only have today.
