Time bound <br />herein <br /> <br />scored upon <br />this flesh <br /> <br />the flash of white. <br /> <br />No silver <br />no gold <br /> <br />only the ghost <br />of a ring <br /> <br />haunting the finger <br />of the left hand. <br /> <br />Its presence <br />inherent in <br /> <br />(its...absence) . <br /> <br />Time branded <br />by this uncovering of flesh <br /> <br /> <br />(not seen since they wed) <br /> <br />blinding white <br />against the tan <br /> <br />holding his hand <br />within his hand <br /> <br />hiding <br />this mark of time <br /> <br />leaving now the past <br />...behind.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/leaving-now-the-past/
