in the hourglass

23 january 2024, Limburg

You should not believe me

When I murmur, that time

Will remain unhaunted,

like a language

Which cannot get lighter

When words are abundant.

Can you still remember,

when each sand grain of the hourglass, held a green sun?

I could not discern the difference between

The emerald of forest beneath

And the turquoise sky above,

The paper-thin horizon in between

Was wandering off into itself

The grass was erect, you were

Rolling over it, your white dress

soaked in green blood.

I kissed you,

a piece of ruby

Gushing, making the green breath

Of the air warm,

The milk could find its way

Through the darkness, soft and warm.

My breath entwined

With yours,

We witnessed the room between stars,

Fostered a new galaxy, dust,

Blown, roared and settled,

Uncertainly, Each sand grain, in the hourglass,

Ran its own time.