Ripe

image: (c) Lily Whitehawk
image: (c) Lily Whitehawk

 When I am with you…

Time is suspended.

Each moment hangs juicy

 and laden with promise,

Ripe to be eaten…

 All but the seeds.

These I grant reprieve,

And loose to grow

Infinite

 glittering moments

As rare as golden as precious

as these.

(c)  L. Whitehawk