#7: Capsuled

Art by Christian Schloe.

capsuled in eternity are
our traded sacred secrets
and cherished temporariness
of a timely paid friendship.

the stories exchanged
in an undecorated room
have threaded a bond
so strange
too weak to weave forever
too strong to unfasten the past.

filled with haunting
serene gone moments
preserved in memories is
the lived-ongoing present.

the anxious expectation of
and restless wait for
a time has not yet come
and the invisible devouring bond
tying us in a whirling time
of never agains and ever befores
have us cry in our prayers,
"may we meet again."

2020, Oct 20.