Forever - Max Reif

[Larry Robinson]

Forever

Sweet summers we stayed outdoors
until we could no longer tell
the trees from the dark between them
and the brigade of fireflies failed
in its quest to prolong the day.
There was a name for what stepped in 
when time stopped in daylight’s 
slow embrace of farewell,
kind reprieve to our outdoor games
until the moment night’s blanket covered 
the last corner of earth’s cradle
and the blanket itself came alive 
with singing: that name was forever.
We did not speak the name, but 
our minds were filled with forever.
My friend and I once tried
to say to how long it had been
since the day we’d first met. 
We strained, but the effort flooded
the beds of our minds. Origins 
lay too dim in memory’s forest.
“Two years ago,” we murmured—
another name for forever.

	- Max Reif
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