and then it stopped

it
in this instance
meaning
of course

everything

the storm kept swirling
as the world

froze

and
in the center of the storm

above the tortoise
the woman
the blind man
the butterfly

(rest in peace)

the ball in the muck
the thirteen

an eye opened up

it was the colour of space with the stars themselves shining in the unblinking gaze

it was unimpressed