Step of Eternity

But love laughs at the end of the world

because love is the step of eternity. Thomas Merton

Look into my eyes

and see me smile,

hear my sighs turn to

laughter.

Life’s a comedy,

a melo-

drama

filled with

wrong turns,

missed cues,

sudden revisions

and tearful

reconciliations.

Summer

seems endless, and

the heat wilts even

the sleekest, young runners;

but on paths by cool streams,

by deeper waters we walk

as the sun slides through

night’s ancient gate.

To the cobalt sea

we gaze,

to the fiery moon;

For night steps gently, and

sleep will follow soon.

(1 May 2012)