Cheating Time

cheating time and circumstance
she finds some old poems


still containing Real
Truth


words spilled from her heart
to the page
distilling essence to be shared

she decides in her own favour
makes a request - a veto
and dissolves the pressure
of a deadline

the party starts
everyone knows the right song to sing

the way to feel in this moment

she extends herself
stretches the window open
to let the butterflies escape

birds cheer at her discoveries
light fills the room

she puts on another pot of coffee
and races back to the attic

there must be more where

that came from