A Beat Escapes

I didn't see you,
In the real sense of seeing you,
Until you spoke
And in that moment -
The moment I first saw you -
I knew I'd seen you somewhere before.
I'd given you a name before the world was born.
You've tracked through my dreams all my life.
Every place I've gone,
I've looked,
Searching for you.
In books,
In stories,
In stony corridors,
Real and of the soul,
I've searched for you.

And when I found you,
Time stopped.


And then, with the softest beat,
After slowing my heart
For the longest second,
The clock ticked on again.