the darkness woke up

slowly

a candle that resisted

coming up into the light

another passage of time

that seems to speed up

as it slows down

and scary as the

details all stick out

tiny steps

somehow arrive in an instant

a wall rushing at you

with the pace of a second hand

on a clock

not a word

is going to get uttered

as long as

we get this trouble understood

most animals

don’t want to be our meal

and the mouse doesn’t

enjoy the cat and mouse game

the toy that is destroyed