Friday, July 15, 2022

LO AND BEHOLD

Understanding
is a translucent,
gossamer veil

shimmering
over a gulf
of sheer mystery.

When they put
you down, discreetly,

to endless,
dreamless sleep,

all I could
think was: where
did you go?

And even though I
know quite well—

still, I
do not know.