Watching stormclouds gather, from the beach — hands clutched tight
Together. Hear the siren howl for the last retreat to caverns underground.
Bolt the doors ; Keep the sound away with pillows. Swallow pills. Heads
Are clutched between the knees. It only lasts a moment… Shall we do it
Here? Leave our clothes, tiptoe down the pier. And just the butler’s
Peering, but he won’t say what he saw. No-one’s paying anymore, only us —
We’ll use our change. We’ll play the rifle range, the space invaders.
We’ll steal a lemonade and sip it for just a moment. If it’s really
Finished ; if the horror story is true and distant figures play with
Buttons …well, I still have you. We’ll lie her til the end. Let them
Send what they like. I have a feeling we’ll survive for more than just a
Moment. For eternity. Our love can move a mountain, turn the ocean into
Wine, turn the sky into kaleidoscopes ; twist time. Going backwards ’til
The first time. Let’s live it once again -for more than just a
Moment…For eternity
