but how do you preserve into language what this earth never spoke of with words

at first we took a knife to time itself

tried to segment the days

like you do an orange

hours then minutes

seconds then milliseconds

we worked our way to the land

this had for the birthing of seeds

this half for the consumption of fruit

when we learnt to speak

I called you a name

you called me an / other

we spoke each name into eternity

but it did not bother to learn them

instead

when eternity spoke of us

it said

"that was the time when people had not yet learnt

you cannot slice up water"

THE PARTS OF OURSELVES THAT SACRIFICED SUNLIGHT AS THINGS MUST GROW IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AND ALL AT ONCE OR THE CENTRE WILL NOT HOLD

The Hours

Are getting tired of us 

Running closed loops around them

But 

It is a hard thing to speak of new future

When all the language you have in your mouth

Was written before your birth

WHERE DO I END

WHERE DO YOU BEGIN

WHERE DO I END

WHERE DO YOU BEGIN

WHERE DO I END

WHERE DO YOU BEGIN