Curl

Curl

how the hours slide -

colored ribbons curling

folding back upon themselves 

- a tangle of light

you're not even sure is real -

then it's gone and you know

you had something

though you never had it

in your hand

Ravenna Taylor: "Omaggio," 2012, oil on linen over wood, 10 x 8 inches

text and image copyright Ravenna Taylor, 2012