My Mind Pauses

my mind pauses

in long moments

lost in labyrinths

and lingers on long lost loves

and imaginary realms




how wild his pain was

when she passed from his world

and how deep was that golden vain

running through their life's work?




My mind pauses from time to time

watches acorns being churned

in the palm of some unknown

rattling and scraping against the other

this timeless, nostalgic charm




and sometimes I see love

in the world around me