Calvert - )
In the tenth second of forever, I thought of the
sea and a white yacht drifting
In the ninth second of forever, I thought of a
leaf, a stone, the plastic fragment of the child's
toy
In the eighth second of forver, I remembered a
warm room where voices played
In the seventh second of forever, I thought of
the life I would not lead
In the sixth second of forever, I saw your mouth
whispering something I could hear
In the fifth second of forever, I thought of
the vermillion deserts of Mars, the jewelled
forests of Venus
In the fourth second of forever, I could
remember nothing that I did not love
In the third second of forever, I thought
of rain against a window and I thought of
the wind
In the second second of forever, I thought
of the pair of broken shades lying on the
tarmac
In the first and final second of forever, I
thought of the long past that had led to
now and never never never never