Infinity’s Reach
By John Herlihy

No horizon exists within infinity’s reach;
Raw human emotion flows darkly into the breach.

The human condition fades within eternity’s moment;
Past and future disappear, no time for regret or atonement.

Rage and resentment, envy and despair;
Multitudes of sentiments disappear as if never there.

Love traces a map into the grooves of life’s palm,
Our giving and receiving echo destiny’s psalm.

We live in a world of wild extremes;
Its savage nature is bursting at the seams.

Pain and suffering lie coiled within;
Sorrow and grief reveal our inner chagrin.

The seams of our lives are tightly strung,
Unraveling down to the core will leave us undone.

The hunger of the body has us eat ourselves at night,
Until emaciated and frail, we disappear like the light.

In the end, we lie naked as the day we were born;
Our shoes cast aside, our clothing frayed and torn.

Our life flows onward into eternity’s moment;
Our love lies raw and vulnerable within infinity’s reach.

The earth door closes upon our personal domain,
At the threshold where God and His Glory reign.