: DLST

last night i lost an hour to the universe, i didn't even dream

i didn't feel it

when it fell out

of the pocket in my jeans -

i just continued walking with intention in my step

and i marked each heavy brick with a tick, or tock, or tap.

(i crave the cobblestone, i stroll it with a patience

that makes me feel like i am somewhere that is foreign, safe, or ancient)

but last night time took a tick, a tock, and almost all my taps,

and slipped beneath the soul of my step, seeped into the cracks -

- in that cobblestone, and then

a sharp, keen awareness when

i was sure i had lost it just before

the moment that i did not even want it anymore

and i came

to love

the feeling!

and i did not ever look back,

i could not even look at all,

but leaped

and leapt

and laughed,

and laid down on that ground -

and fell asleep.