Time Capsule

The time capsule
We buried in the yard
Is brittle rust
And swallowed by the roots
Where the past gathers
Old ghosts commune
They found a life in me
And divided me in two

The moment you reach out to take hold of beauty
Is the moment that she turns to go

The time capsule
And all its prison guards
Turned rusted earth
And all its jailbirds too
And the dead letters
Buried there soon
Found a light in me
Held power over me
I found a way to get free

The moment you reach out to take hold of beauty
Is the moment that she turns to go

The moment you reach out to take hold of beauty
Is the moment that she turns to go

The moment you reach out to take hold of beauty
Is the moment that she turns to go

The quivering
Livid
Tear into deliverance
The violent
Ecstatic
Flash into existence
Of breath
And heat
The moon cycling shadow
And light
The wheat
Bolted wilted winnowed
To raze the gold grain
Down to darkling meadow

The moment you reach out to take hold of beauty
Is the moment that she turns to go

The moment you reach out to take hold of beauty
Is the moment that she turns to go

The moment you reach out to take hold of beauty
Is the moment that she turns to go

The moment you reach out to take hold of beauty
Is the moment that she turns to go

The moment you reach out to take hold of beauty
Is the moment that she turns to go

The fallen ash
Made a crater in the yard
And arms of roots
And your letters into leaves