An instant

by Celeste Regal

An interlude may present itself
silent like a cat between the sheets of eternity
and your day job

Hear it
quiet like the rain on a balmy summer evening

Before you turn your life back on
listen to the breeze between the rose petals and the fence
for that moment when the horizon withdraws

See it
let the world become a frozen image
wild Laocoon, hear me now
we've only this second before the drama
begins again