Poetry list
eternity in a bottle
it can’t be done says
reason but many of
us spend our days
with this hope or
the compromise of
a delusion fired by
pleasures and
fantasies yet as
the boat with sails
or ship with funnels
sails in its glassy
captivity so there are
intimations of miracle
moment wonders a
beating soaring heart
a mind alight a union
with another the lost
plot in a revelation
of awe all’s nothing
mystery’s missingness
ignite explode dash be
dazzle whisk stir and
whirl in an implosion
of wonder and connection
when the smallest triggers
set off a charge all matter
shatters and eternity’s
oblivion emerges
contained for a flash
in the beautiful breaking
of a bottled wave ~
© Neil Thompson 2025