slowing

©2022 Michael Raven

and so this
permanence
drags rawhide bound
stones through
deep waters
measured in meetings
not days until
tick-tock-stutter-stop
whiskey hearts
stagnate

i have not called out
your name
in ages
it has been lost
i am afraid
to the winds
bitter snow

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