Water erupts skyward.
This synthetic geyser
is seamless.
Unified droplets defy
gravity, with one mind,
in streams.
Upward as an airlift,
arching through the mist
at peak.
Fragmenting, stalling;
separate and longing
for floods.
The infinite waterspout
ends with falling out
of touch.
Droplets make impact,
exploding at last;
time’s up.
They fly together,
they fall alone;
lightening splashes
in the concrete
one and all.
Quickly up,
quickly down,
darkened ground,
recycled after everything.
We are born naked,
the opposite of faded
for years.
No past exists.
The future is
more real.
We are leaves
on autumn trees
in fields.
Identical to each,
but separately unique
close up.
Together once at dawn,
at dusk dissect our own
for blood.
Falling from our branches
with no more second chances
at love.
We rise together,
we fall alone;
lightening flashes
in our timing.
Quickly here,
quickly gone,
decaying songs,
recycled after everything.