RAPTURE

RAPTURE

There is a moment between time and space
as I look out across the cold night sky
and see the stars, so high in the universe,
slowly, then swiftly and silently moving by.

There is a moment between time and space
when I see a falling star, and then another
leaving the heavens far behind; it becomes
a brief and shining light, like no other.

There is a moment between time and space
That the star falls earthward, as if to capture
some of earth's delights it has shone upon,
some of the beauty, some of the rapture.

There is a moment between time and space
when I wake to greet the early morning sun
as it lifts a cheery eyebrow to the world below
letting a bit of warmth come in, night is done.

There is a moment between time and space
when I can feel the love of those here below
and feel the sweet salt spray from the ocean,
once again comes the rapture of the afterglow.

There is a moment between time and space
when I will leave the earthly bonds behind
to fly unencumbered and without a care
and to hold these memories in my mind.

There is a moment between time and space
with new worlds to see, that I need to explore.
Our time on earth is much too short a stay
as the rapture comes on me, I ask no more.


FEEL THE RAPTURE!





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