Time Drifting

There was a moment
Of absurd laughter
Footsteps on sand
Navigating the darkness
Within and without
Followed by a comforting silence
A certain knowledge of transcendence
Without a need to fill the air with chatter
To clutter the perfect absence
Of sound and of light
Taboo and norms
Clothing and courtesy
Communication and comprehension 

The harsh winds recede
Black water at low tide
A deserted shore
Transforms into a desert
The dunes become a mountain range
Obscuring the distraction
Comforting the  lost fragments of light
Of a distant archway
Of illuminated pillars
And gardens of wild fruit
Until the sands and mountains also roll back
Into the dark ocean
Of shifting time