Poetry list

meetings

so many and so
different resented
and feared longed
for encounters
happenstance
collisions and
unions for life
there is one on
a page and in a
temple where
ages melt and
flickering lights
dazzle in recognition
where the tide of
hope ebbs away
in gentle joy to
crash on the
other shore in
a shattering
piercing ecstasy that
after time will
never end
hypapante

© Neil Thompson 2025