5 minutes

In 5 minutes

Outside 5 minutes

If 5 minutes

Were a box

With contents

Alongside

Others

Green, threaded with pale veins

Green flesh laced

The intricate geometry

Of a supple leaf

Pliant

Trembling in every breeze

Inside 5 minutes

The light

From the stars

That is cold and

Thinly bright

A weightless thread

A capillary from the heavens

Five minutes transfixed

The air

Enthused

Tingling with notes

Of a musical nature

Flowing vibrations

Of a soothing fullness

5 minutes overspilled

Saddened eyes

Falling

Sliding

Into a fragile smile

Cast down

Inside itself

5 minutes drained

Silence

In a darkened space

Eyes groping

Ears seething

In the unseeable

Quiet

If in 5 minutes

If 5 minutes.