Hints and Glimpses

"All we have

are hints and glimpses,

something seen fleetingly

as in peripheral vision,

a shadowy shape

beyond the drape,

the voice that whispers

behind the grill,

the merest murmur

of Elysian melody,

a prickling of the skin

which might be

but a draft

from an open window.

But it is the window

opening on eternity,

seen now darkly,

but then

face to face."

Bonnie Thurston

artwork:

A Corner of the Artist’s Room in Paris (with Open Window), Gwen John.

Life is filled with such moments of almost seeing something, almost touching something,

not knowing with certainty, but comforted by the experience.