A challenge then.
To prove one
Against many.
To prove equal
Or more. A second
Must prove itself
Equal or more
To the massed weight
Of many long days.
One night must prove
Worthy of days spent
In pursuit, and flight.
There are seconds
And nights that find
Themselves equal to days
And years and lifetimes.
Sweet stolen moments
From eternity that echo
Forever with ecstasy.
A second can
Last
A lifetime, and a lifetime
Can
Be reduced
To a second,
No less.
A night can be reduced
A series of seconds,
Beautiful like pearls
On a strand.
A hand pressed,
A breath trapped
On the edge of release,
An eye held
Within an eye,
Legs and limbs
And sweat and lips
And tumbling seconds
All of them, tumbling
Moments like a strand
Of pearls falling
Through fingers after
