with-holy 
water droplet 
hits 
and resounds 
upon the surface of a pond 
like the transient-
yet-infinite 
drone of a gong—as if, 
now
and forever, it was
the only one—
honest-to-god momentum 
looks a lot 
like its opposite.
But curious
enough, we only know 
what's honest
by the way 
it leaves us
lingering on
for so long 
after it's 
already gone. 
