Oh!

It’s ice

Of course

Only ice

Marks time

Like this

Like that

Sliding out of form

Reaching

Occasional

Unpredictable

Thresholds

Thresholds of rupture

Melting Away

Into time

As time

For time

With time

In time

On time

To time

Un-time

Hence the jolt

The jump

The shock of it

Suddenly breaking down

Sliding out of form

But is ice like time

Or time like ice?

You can wait

Listen

Watch

Touch

But you will never

Ever

Know

(Paul O’Kane, June, 2016)