Wily Genius...

To fill my gaze with you, I cannot do

For Time, the wily genius obliterates my view

And all those frames I vowed to keep

Dissolve to nothing while I sleep

Hush, vapor silhouette of you; hold still

How is it that you fade against my will?

And though my heart is full of you, alas

I cannot keep one tittle in time’s glass

And while the sugar-coated hours run

Like laughter-colored streams beneath the sun

I vow anew to keep unsullied this

…a moment fading even as we kiss

Against my will I must refill my eyes

Not with what was; that is dirt's foolish guise

But with what is; for it is all we have

As Time the wily genius makes us brave

© Janet Martin

How often do we do this; drink deeply of a moment vowing to keep it forever, only to have it melt beneath our touch?