A Cherub’s Grin
by wisp Thursday, Sep 9 2010, 10:27am
international / prose/poetry / literature

an alcove
affords
an island of isolation
momentarily protected from
wind, rain
and the world;
your face transformed --
a parting embrace,
a knowing cherub's grin.

the smile that launched
a single ship
(into space)

catapulted,
leaving my temporal self
babbling incoherencies,
attempting to explain
my slide into
the slipstream of unreason
(infinity)

far too late to speak of
resistance
already in flight
careering into
the night
waiting in
anticipation.

at times
you arrive like
the rising tide,
other times
like a comet’s blast
on this occasion
you simply coalesced
[in the sky]
your hair ablaze
your focused eyes
piercing the night,
burning into
my mind,
incinerating
my illusions.

i watch you
dancing
with the
sun,
moon
and stars.