Pipe Dream

The first time
Was just around this corner.
Yes, right here.
Beneath these clouds, a faceless presence.

Your shadow swept upon me
As you walked past, oblivious.
Bathed me in sensations.
And then you were gone before it even started.

In that single instant,
All light was darkness,
In all manner of meaning and being.
Nothing but flesh, blood, and touch.

An obscure journey through fleeting infinity.
Wilderness, dew, moist grass. You.
The smoke diffuses into your absence. Afterwards,
I wept.