Incantation

your lips
taste like stars
as they touch mine
in the moment
just before
time
stops...

...and rewinds
to the beginning.

back to a time
when i smelled like melted Popsicles
and your smile didn't tilt quite so
perilously
near the edge of your chin.

back to a time
before we realized how small we are
and the inky shadow of Everything
forever
stained the corner of your eye.

my breath
brushes like clouds
against your ear
as i whisper
the secret,
magic
words...

...and for us
the world shrinks.

back down to
the size of a marble,
its yellow cat's eye
disappearing
under your Chuck T's.