Millennia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Millennia

 

And then and then

And now and now 

And finally, no I mean finally

You have been born 

Into my miles and miles 

Of smiles and sheets and kisses.

And over those godawful stretches 

Of oceans and mountains and cities and lifetimes 

So painfully trite, so frighteningly bright,

A brilliant joy blooms 

of acceptance of that most terrifying of malefactions,

Happiness.

Primarily Medieval, delectably Elizabethan, Judeo-Christian, Islamic, Greco-Roman

Rape and wars and conquest for millennia,

The pathetic struggles of insects

Fade quickly,

Terrified 

Of our naked bodies swimming miles and miles

Into the misty lake of each other's breath.