Forever

I'm just a figment of Time
a passing thought in her vivid imagination
a cloud on the rolling high
forming a recognizable shape for a second
before rolling on.

I am just one word,
formed on the lips of Eternity. Spoken,
clear and consonant for a second
then resounding through the reverberant spaces
of this bright hall
before trailing into silence
and gone.

Forever speaks my name
a single moment in the roll call of infinity
yet as she does so
she pauses for the briefest measure
glances upwards as if remembering
a sweet moment passed between lovers
a halcyon afternoon in the sunshine of a past summer
and on her lips
a smile.