In An Instant
When the clouds
parted
we drove on rain
slicks of sun
smooth as molten
gold
and the cars before
us
trailed their
tire sprays
releasing little
rainbows
then up the
shoreline again into rain
holding on to
our sunspots
afterimages
then released
them
into the storm’s
edge.
That our bodies
can trap that light
if only for the
length of a breath!
memories
released
quicksilver droplets
for we were
brief as salmon
that leap fully
into the air
that hang for a
moment on arcs
water falling slowly
if we are not
immortal now
we were immortal
then
for the flesh of that
instant.
--Wulf
Losee
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