When you know
the words you're poised
to throw
will win you the game,
the whole entire moment -
ask yourself
if this is what
you want to leave,
hanging like last year's
apple on a black
still branch,
Or if you'd
rather
look up
silent
together
at the clear
bright sky of stars?
There's a space
between moments:
an imperceptible
pause
within which
all our peace
lives