April 25th TSL Napowrimo Prompt by Asha G Kumar and the poem written by me

 TSL prompt for April 25th given by Asha G Kumar

Past, present, future.

A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu or Elastic time.

1.Past

Memories that are

drowning; water

The mirage was land

No oasis, no island in the stream:

My sad story-endings.

2. Present

It does not exist

she said,

the present

Her legs opening and shutting

I remembered

Twain

A girl opens her legs to catch a ball thrown at her

As she wears a...

well, sari in this case...

A boy claps his legs shut

to not let it drop

Awareness in, of the present, as Alan Watts said

was the only thing there was or is

Or no present, as she confidently asserted?

Who was right...

she or me?

It was never solved

The question has never been solved

It IS unsolved

Present continuous, still tense.

3. THE FUTURE

We always misunderstood each other

Or I did

Should I get back in touch?

After such rudeness (mine to her), what forgiveness?

Did she deserve it?

There is no future

There was no present

according to her

And

Maybe

there was no past, either

Only an illusion

a trick of the memory

a shadow that falls across the light

in rogue moments

speaking as if it had existed

and extends into the present

a dream child of a future: that

was, is, and will be

world without end

Amen