Beauty comes suddenly, cleanly
when the thing comes at all
for unpursued and dimly lit
zipping boundless or small
evasive as an arctic dawn
under an unturned rock
echoing all senses at once
if recognized or not
its grandeur through stories to heirs
that echo manifests
its rhythm, bearing, and function
wise to youth, wise near death
Beauty's power, intangible
a high altitude hawk
unspoken in its reflection
unseen, or quickly lost
Copyright 2016 Timothy A. H.