In the very moment of committing
in the beginning of her dive
she whips the curtain away for
just a moment
and the vast huge
chasm filled with golden light
shoots out
and everything I have ever known
is reduced to the moment
where I am drawing breath
but had to stop-
we rarely get to see something
so very sudden
so very beautiful
the entirety of things
encapsulated in this
dear old woman’s glance.
She time travels
the lark is on her shoulder
Alberta is just outside
the voices of schoolmates still ring
and we are so blessed to have
the eager ears of
all the children that
have ever been.