just how long

 

how long have i known you? a lifetime?

my mind tells me this cannot be.

the true measure, in time, is quite small.

ah! but my heart, it is the one that whispers a lifetime.

how long have i known you?

does it matter?  has it ever mattered?

time means nothing to us.

we move through a realm that we have fashioned,

different from the known and apart from the tangible.

this world is ours alone.

you are here with me

we are always each others friend

how long have i known you?

surely, beyond the mortal span of time

all that was before we met is reconfigured

all that lies ahead is a lifetime

Špaul viel 2003