rain pours down like a heartbeat
drip
drop

tik
tok

time ticks by
quicker every second

soon strong bones
become fragile
withering away
fading
fading
fading

into dust
scattered
across every inch of the world
soaked up by salty sea
cupped to the lips of someone else's
mouth

every aching heartbreak cured only by cookie dough ice cream
every laugh that lasted until tears poured down across your cheeks
every lost memory stirred up by the smell of a cherry tree or the way he stroked your hand with his thumb

forgotten

in a second

faster than you can say forever