PREVIOUS NEXT FIRST You will not know...
CCCXXII
Bouguereau's Young Priestess
You will not know

Who Was
reflected on the glass

So Long Ago

only her eyes
will come again

under the rain
silent & wise

& that rain must come
so many times

marbled & numb
like classic rhymes

images now bleak
for fallen snow

& flight below
(under the creek)

though we may cast about above

it just might be
the high degree of Love
we seek

is the profoundest--
most lasting & quick

... Guest
in your own breast.

INDEX PREVIOUS NEXT FIRST