Moment Before

static blue

  flicker

stillness 

   is best

        bare feet

        do not

        touch 

        the floor

but gouge

  splinters 

   in suspended

time

wait 

  and measure

each breath

  caught

      on the air

 rasps 

of the already

deceased

    as your

     heart 

has long past

        fled 

an ill 

decision

come

too late