-- My Small Big World --

John Herlihy

My small big world,

I can trace it in the dark.

When awake, I rise and fall,

Gratitude my one remark.

I feel my breath, my pulse,

My heart, my home is near.

Why want to be anywhere else,

Enough just to know I am here.

My small world so big,

I can’t trace it in the dark.

When I close my eyes and dig,

I uncover the song of the lark.

I see far beyond the horizon,

To bring distant mystery near.

An inner world shapes my opinion,

To temper every joy and fear.

I have travelled around the world,

And now I know the world is one.

Home never found on a distant shore,

It beats as a second heart within my core.

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(c) John Herlihy 1 August 2019