Somewhere

Beyond the wasted years

I claw back time 

Bundles of hours 

Crumpled into fists

Enveloped by wrinkled fingers 

Salted with agony 

I scrape a burial mound

To mark its passing 

My heart knells farewell 

Passion scattered by pebbled earth 

We knew it wouldn’t last 

Precious minutes seep downwards

Nestling against embers 

Long dampened 

Nostrils tremble in the steam 

From the tarmac

As we drive home 

Through the rain.