13I Ways to Stop Time

I.
I was smiling at a photograph
accessing the past
when I noticed the ladybugs
that were crawling all over
the corners of my consciousness.

II.
On the wings of an eagle we soared
drifting around the sleeping world below.
We sailed past ocean beasts
and escaped the cannibals
and then, in the still of the night,

III.
I was rehearsing the character I wished to be
practicing tones and eyebrow movements
when I looked at the stairs in front of me
and realized I had just come from this place.

IV.
I did not let go of your hand.

V.
Sucked out, cold as ice, my blood stopped it's flow.
Some spirits ignore life's limits.

VI.
The stories are true, I tell you!
Scientists can create anything these days.

VII.
I waited and watched the late afternoon sun out my window.

VIII.
I have a personal relationship with God
He answers my prayers
when I need a redo.

IX.
I buried the kookoo-clock six feet under the earth.

X.
Someone once told me of a circle,
where all things
come back to point A.
So there is no reason to look back,
it will come just beyond the midnight moon.

XI.
I was dreaming.

XII.
The world washed away when I saw you, Maria.
You, in your white dress,
underneath the thousand disco sparkles.
I couldn't breathe
from that moment forward.

XIII.
Within the confines of my mind, counting
is for recording my gains and losses.