This Side of the Blue

By John Herlihy

On this side of the blue, a mystery unsolved,

Perennial questions linger still unresolved.

The physical reality makes itself apparent,

The other side of the Reality transparent.

The charge we have, solemn and dutiful,

The resources at hand rich and plentiful.

Our attitude to mystery solemn and grave,

We seek from birth till we reach the grave.

The emerging bud beautiful, but that’s it?

No heavenly beauty from a Greek fire lit?

Stars whisper sweet nothings into the ear,

Sunlight gleams from the point of a spear.

The spirit infused in every river and stream,

On the other side of the blue, a light beam.