little box of absolutes
definitions lost with age
preserveration now dilutes
timeless toxins on each page

little box of reasoning
your theorems lost with time
sleeplessness a seasoning
turning fallacy sublime

little box of clarity
understanding lost in haze
squinting for sincerity
as the hours slip to days

little box of waking dreams
your containment lost with mine
revelations bursting seams
until shadows start to shine

little box of absolutes
surely needed now no more
for the future now pollutes
the past spilled upon the floor

-Barbie