'Simple Things'

It was those simple things
That small moment
That defined everything
The imagined that came to be
My senses swept away
By a look, a laugh
The light that danced
The unspoken joy
Of being alive
An enchantment
That had no name
That other country
That leads the heart
To the plateaus
The Indefinable, defined
The book that must be read
The finite to infinity
The chalice that must be supped
To the very depths of madness
The seas in the oceans of wanting
And shipwrecked forever
The timeless echo
The complete everything
And there it became
And there it stayed
In my gladness to remember
All those simple things
The captivation
From that one unforgettable
Moment of being alive

Mary Cecil