High School Graduation

another signpost in the

ground of time

well what if I told you

Father Time doesn't

give a damn when you

go to college / when you're

born or when you'll die

no

he's up there laughing

as you try to manufacture

forever through photographs

(you exist only now / not yesterday

not even tomorrow)

you are only a freckle

the you-shaped eternity

is a second long

and that's why I'm saying

yes

of course I'll stay a little longer

your smile stretches only as far

as the now might carry us

this cap and gown remind me

to enjoy each ecstatic instant

in the freckled forever

of each embrace

because this day is just as short

as any other