If you can close your eyes
and catch grace
in the image of a face
ever or never seen,
inhale tenderness
fragrant with soft murmurings,
let their whispers drift
through internal alleyways,
reaching and searching
inner outerlimits,
breathing ever more deeply,
for one precious moment
infusing all
– not one drop to be lost –
you have channelled love,
paused
on the threshold
of heaven,
looked into a soul
and known.