Listen to how long
Time takes to fall
From my life
To the impenetrable ground
I slightly overestimated
How often you happen
I though a few years would do
At this rate it could take decades
Strangers enjoy your endlessness
Even more than I do
I run fields to catch you
In your most unloved moment
And finding you there is like losing
Every unhappy moment
Gently realizing warmth in the palm of my hand
All day I wait to watch you
Walk into wonder and amazement
When you do eternity disappears
Along with my grief, without all my fears
Living again quietly
Perhaps for many, plenty, unguarded years
-J. Barajas
A Dead Language 