11.37am 01/11/18
to watch the orchid take its time
a fate of wilt and wonder.
to watch the apple ripen and drop,
and blow away facades.
to watch the stone of walls corrode,
acid upon a base.
to watch a carcass shrivel up,
ants doing what they must.
to watch your ice begin to melt,
a cold cumbrous column.
to watch you standing guard, again,
the war is not yet won.