Her eyes <br />gaze across time <br />into mind <br /> <br />growing accustomed <br />to this deep darkness <br /> <br />after the blinding sunshine <br /> <br />lost in the ages <br />I stand <br /> <br />as the <br />Icon <br /> <br />stares into <br />my soul. <br /> <br />Outside a boat <br />knocks noisily <br /> <br />against a rickety <br />wooden pier <br /> <br />...centuries away.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/see-how-the-bell-abolishes-time/
