you didn’t look back
but kept drifting aimlessly
beyond the far of beyond
your mouth twisted into turbulence
your gaze speechless
moving away, away from the shore
your sails at the horizon flickering
light welling up in the distance
behind those eyes
a shadow falls on time
a flash of lightning
cracks open the horizon
from side to side
the moment now gapes open
as if waiting for an intervention,
the night curls into a question
you water the hourglass in the crevice
growing like a creeper inside the wrinkled flesh
nothing smells like the laughter
inside the festering wound
quietly spreading beyond repair
a storm now sets you apart
from the receding shoreline
a seagull marks the silence on the sand
you are drifting aimlessly
your sails unfurled
at the horizon flickering
stepping away silently
beyond light
Library of Mirrors 