APPROACHING HADES

APPROACHING HADES
Ionic Mode

Rilke knew
The soul of childhood
Aesthetics.

Beauty’s spirit invades
The room
Reaching below
The backs
Of a hundred silent heads
Striking the heart.

An inaudible gasp.

One face in my vision:
Infant
Eyes wide,
Delighting,
Opening arms,
Smallest fingers unfolding,
Welcoming the world.

Blurred frame of tears
My eyes.

#poetry