I taste within the sweet heavenly

once shared in the midst of intimacy

and slide my tongue over teeth and gums

to savour the loving like a juicy plumb.

But caught in the turn of life’s merry orb

the centre part, heart, too hard to absorb

and the mind begets only a mind

down each and every set bloodline.

Needs be the hub and core of true love

lies up, up, up, in the blue above

for a time unproved, unknown, unseen,

and for a time to be as a dream.

Yet and yet to this commonplace ground

love comes down to where I am found

and channels its grace in extraordinary ways

to ensure the dawning of better days.

Love lives, you see, in every bloodline

waiting to rise and be as a bride

to the transitory flesh of humanity

to ensure furtherance into eternity.

I love you, I do, and I hope it’s enough

to lift you up and out of the rough!

Other Poems by Helen

• Reincarnation?
• The deal
• It’s meant
• A day of remembering
• Blue of the sky