A constant diminuendo

Slender ringed fingers
Shuffling our lives 
Like a pack of cards

The slow dirge of rain on the tin roof

Sickly yellow
The sun 

The jagged teeth of time 
The shaded lamps
Slippery green frogs 

A weary phoenix 
Jaded 
And then 
the dance of the night birds

you move 
and an electric blue haze surrounds you
the shredded black cumulus 
and the tangerine sun setting in your eyes 
are all reminders 
of the transient nature of love