I pursue you

i pursue you
through evasions
of time
where time is a word
a paragraph, a chapter
a novel
where a novel
is a line

i pursue you
through evasions
where you evade
and i evade
and glances float wrinkle
curl
where you walk i walk
and opposite sunsets
rise

i pursue you
through rivers of night
and we draw dreams
with a water wheel
these dreams run
rise and spray
and we separate each
with uneasy fingers
which mildly tremble
(because they break too soon
fragile dreams break too soon)
as we make our way
through rivers of blinding night