FOREVER POND

 

Gonna jump into the pond in my garden

down towards forever.

I see it crystal clear shimmering

like the very air on a winter’s day.

Love hearts stuck onto fragile flesh

mark my passage but yours is time,

stands time, as water flows and light sparkles

as distance is unwanted, direction is unknown.

On my way to you, wonder idly,

are you as fiery as Italian girl

in northern mill town over 50 years ago?

Set this water aflame

burn hydrogen atoms

in chemical nuclear fire by one glance.

Pull me down, surface lost, not known where

so I end up by your side together

in my forever pond caught in time

of no days, a year for our timeless love.