You can’t crawl back into a moment in time. You can’t slip into it,<\/p>\n
easy, like a hand through a glove. I can’t go back in time, drifting,<\/p>\n
sliding into memory, but I try. It’s fuzzy on the edges, but if I focus in,<\/p>\n
tight, I can see your face, reflected in the wine glass on a windowsill.<\/p>\n
Your mouth moves, but I can’t hear your voice anymore. A sunflower head<\/p>\n
perches in it now, empty and dried out, the petals hanging limply<\/p>\n
or shriveled on a hardback that I left to prop the window open for air.<\/p>\n
I’m drowning in air and drying out too, and soon I’ll just sit,<\/p>\n
withering away like that flower. Lost in space, wanting to pull back time<\/p>\n
like a filmy curtain, and just see you there with me again.<\/p>\n
But still, here I am, just waiting, and the time ticks on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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