The solace of eternity
This body is being consumed by age
but I’m left untouched –
my Beloved is introducing me to eternity.
A lifespan is comparable to the wink of an eye –
in brevity and gravity –
having something to do
with sand grains and the spin of planets,
the span of stars, crumbling atoms, eroding flesh.
I remain untouched.
Any urgency is presently
soothed and replaced by patience and trust.
Eternity has allowed me a certain serenity,
the faith and assurance that I will,
over (illusory) time, inevitably shed my loneliness,
reach God and even learn what love is all about.
O child of God, you have all the time
in the world, in existence, in eternity.
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