In the Beginning and Beyond New and Selected Poems

Somewhere in Time

In a next life, for one never-ending day,

I will be a Royal Monarch Butterfly.

Joined with an escort of my kindred,

I will ascend within a cone of light

in the night sky — in soundless flight,

a cortège to souls rising.

When the heavens open to welcome home

its children, at that moment,

I will look in and glimpse the workings

of the Divine. I will quickly turn away,

this one glimpse, on this one day,

enough for all eternity.

As the heavens close and first light

crowns the horizon, I will fly away,

with my secret — alone,

somewhere in time.