1

tender moments
as they come
are fleeting
seconds one
by one
by
one

2

out of
the window
planes land
they go
yet inside
the window
as we wait
upon the cruel
untender fate
of force
beyond our ken
we remember when
o yes
we remember when

3

red lights
in the night
call where
voices fail
and tiredness
into patience
woven
responds
with touch
and ever listening
ear

4

we wander
now as
victims of
the call
that touches
some so deep
we can but
fall as others
hold for life
now past and
even as those
moments pass
we enter new
beginnings

5