-- Some Things Never Explained --

John Herlihy

Wrapped contentedly in her arms,

Drowned in the rapture of her perfume.

My eyes in the darkness of closed eyes,

Lost in the light of sweet surrender.

The journey, my travelling days now over,

There is no other place that I need to go.

In giving myself up, I have found my gift,

My gift I give to her whose heart I uplift.

As I am uplifted, this is a mutual embrace,

We explore as blind men the other one face.

There is beauty in the eyes of the fingers,

In the darkness to explore mystery that lingers.

I begin to cry and in crying, she too cries out,

“Whatever happen that could bring this about?”

“Hush,” I whisper, “some things never explained.”

Soon we sleep in the silence the night contained.

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Copyright © John Herlihy

22 January 2020