home messageboard   memorials jenette's poems news links

Tenses

The past tense does not suit her.
We speak of her in the tense of current time.
She dwells in the present.
She is beautiful.
She is smiling.
She is loved.
She is of action.
Is of the momnent.
Is of living now, and here.
The past tense does not suit her.

The past tense does not suit her.
We can not speak of her in only now.
She wears the future well.
She will always be beautiful.
She will ever be smiling.
She will never be without love.
She will live her life to the fullest.
She will always know that she cannot predict
What the future holds.
The past tense does not suit her.

The past tense does not suit her.
But now we have no choice in diction.
She is held out of now forever, without consent.
She was beautiful.
She was always smiling.
She was loved.
She has lost all her possibilities.
Of present
Or future,
But the past tense does not suit her.

The past tense does not suit her.
We cannot lose her in "would be" or "was".
She must be kept in "is" and "will".
She is beautiful.
She is smiling.
She is loved.
If only in memories...
She will always be beautiful.
She will always be smiling.
She will always be loved.
As long as those memories don't fade into the past