that one clear moment

when the light comes tearing

around the mountain,

all the birds fall from the sky

the squirrels run red into their nests

that one clear moment,

when the music stops,

when the feeling stops,

when the motion stops,

that one clear moment,

once lucid and pink

now comes blue and ashen

dusted with newspaper headlines

that one clear moment,

when all that was good

goes incredibly well

or horribly wrong

that one clear moment,

where the blood flow

turns to blood stop

blueness fades black

that one clear moment,

yes, that one clear moment,

when we realize

there will be no more

clear moments