We Only Met Here


We only met

Here.

In this place where all things seem possible.

Where scorpions speak French

And chasing each other

Along the back of a brontosaurus

Is as easily done

As riding the rings of Saturn

Around a smiling sun.

Where, when you fall off the edge of the sky,

(Or perhaps you are pushed)

Your cigar stays lit

And you bounce.

So it seems like you might still be here,

Somewhere.

You liked to hide behind things.


And the elevator you built

Is gone.

As if you took it

With some purpose in mind.

So I'll stay alert

To signs in the sand

Even after I've removed

Your name from my contact list

With a sudden click

As final and precise as the moment

I heard you were gone.

Off to explore a place

With limitless prims

Where anything is possible.



—Pex Petrov

(copyright © 2007 Pex Petrov)