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.