Particular Words in a Specific Order

desire all-consuming
long-sung song of soul
mourn not the sweet of life
that time has yet to dole

each scar accrued on face or mind
so permanent they seem
yet each we carve aligns the flow
of beauty into seam

those lucky few, the ones that do
may etch out a facade
but await the grand design and see
the stonework promenade

of smiling face and memory
and each new sun or cloud
that shadows well or breaks the spell
on time passing aloud

on time, all things betray us
and meaning looses form
what once was all that mattered
is swallowed up in storm

please carry our forms well
through this and other space
along the paths we sought ourselves
or ones given with grace

oh patience, always deafened
to the now that begs us so
be our stalwart vessel
steady as we row

desire all-consuming
long-sung song of soul
mourn not the sweet of life
that time has yet to dole

2024