ex·ist·ence /ɪgˈzɪstəns/


1. (-noun) an illusion; contrary to popular belief, existence is a verb, not a noun.

2. (-verb) being; the antonym of "thinking about being"; ephemeral, temporary, fleeting, in-the-moment, ever-changing, hopeless, meaningless, honest.

antonyms: survive, persist, last, endure, stay, remain

do shadows


leave


reflections
on water?

spring walked into my room

half-naked



and she looked at me

(like a muse
loves her poet)

- she never said a word



but I'd like to think

she was just about to say


the true names of flowers
the names of clouds

or, perhaps, if it was a single word



for her to say



astalavista

(baby)

a return -



















the beginnings of a saudade.

sitting in a park

one may be allowed to discover


(gently)



the reasons why we live



or even

that we live


and that to laugh and shout and move and play

to touch to love


are but expression marks


in a sentence of being



a phrase to be understood



by leaving thoughts
behind













here























now

an end


























to a beginning.