Also Mutants

"What took you so long?" "Eternity."

8-12-17

You see the knockout blow comin'
2-point-five seconds before it hits you
and you make a third, fourth, and
fifth lifetime out of space.
I wonder how you keep risin'.
Who's pullin' your strings?
"Let's go somewhere quiet and
talk," and those were the last words
I heard before changing into
wings. It was your sign that
goodbyes aren't final when you
don't know how to let go, and
there is hope in every new eternity
if you can adapt on the fly.
I was gonna ask you about
your secrets but you put your
finger to my lips, almost as if
to say silence is every answer
I could possibly need. One kiss
and you vanished; I'll turn over
every leaf to see you again.