I wanted my skin to be soft,
so you couldn’t feel the years between us.
I thought that might preclude
the inevitable side effects of time travel.
That if NOW was soft and loving,
maybe THEN wouldn’t matter.
But it wasn’t THEN I needed to worry about.
The prime directive of time travel says:
time changes everything……………and nothing.
That no matter how soft my skin,
how sweet the intention,
the truth of WHAT IS
eviscerates everything.
I have been here before.
WORDS: ©2014, Jen Payne
IMAGE: Mirror, Paul Delvaux, 1939. Paul Delvaux was a Belgian painter associated with Surrealism, famous for his paintings of female nudes.
This was epic.
Awesome word. Thanks! : )
super cool picture/painting. so illuminating.
Thanks!
You’re moving along by quantum leaps and bounds. Poem first rate, and the match with the image — incredible. (Well, of course, it may have started the other way round, with the image. Still incredible.)
Did you just get a little Trekkie on me – “quantum leaps and bounds”? Let’s just say the poem came first and it’s one more story for the books.
THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you my dear! xoxo
I have been here before
here where the path curves
carves a jagged line in old memories
Mmmmm…poetry for poetry. Lovely!