-- That Something We Have Lost --

John Herlihy

How to recover that something we have lost,

That something, so irretrievable, at great cost.

We do lose things all the time; it’s a sure thing,

Our hearts feel a lack that only love can bring.

And yet, that one thing needful, let us call it soul,

The final piece of a puzzle that will make us whole.

That something lost to humanity, balance in the Lord,

That one thing that offers breath of spirit, call it God.

We enter a rose garden, perfume surging in advance,

To explore esoteric dream divination when in a trance.

Examining a simple observation to arrive at a synthesis,

Or exploring our world of opposites by way of analysis.

The soul is finally fully unveiled in a manner profound,

The departing soul will leave the body in the ground.

For the sake of the soul, we freely give the body away,

Soaring free, into a new world, no further need to stay.

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Copyright © John Herlihy 10 September 2020