Poem : Naivete

 

The drop hung suspended

On the edge of eternity

For an instant-

For an instant

Time stood still

And then it fell,

A moist pearl,

A glistening jewel,

Dissolving into nothingness;

 

In the blinking of an eye, nothing remained,

 As if nothing had been,

Another shining star

Another tiny drop

Its journey now began

To end in another naïve nothingness . 

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* Pub 1995