in the mind taking the place
of promise pulling today
far away from reason face
tomorrow though you know why
it is shy hidden behind
grey pillars keen to conceal
the unreal unready find
another movement of time
in the mime played for your eye
by memory stretch to accept
your inept redemption try
denial everyone knows
how it shows gold for a spell
in sunlight then disappears
in a drear november tell
your children all you recall
of the fall of strong and weak
together how there was no-
where to go no need to speak
