hold tight

 
 
 
holding tightly on to the hours
like an angry lover threatening  
to leave
 
while the cabarets of Paris
and Berlin sing raunchy  
songs
 
and the ghost of Poncho
Villa still wanders the  
New Mexico prairie and
dreams of Mexcal and
beautiful senoritas at
the cantina
 
and the Aegean sea runs
deep with mourning after
being named for death
 
a poisoned apple growing
in a beautiful garden  
 
no matter how long
we try to hold on
 
reason
fails
 
strength
fails
 
we
fail
 
as time walks through  
the door
 
and announces it's  
unwanted  
arrival