LOST SOUL

Just when it seemed

    That everything was lost

I finally got my soul

    Up and

    Out and

    Onto my hand

I could see

    It laid

    Like a pearl

    On my palm

The thought came

    Would you dare

    Place yours

    Beside

    next to

    mine.

Allowing them to reflect

    each other

    to blind

    all other

And perhaps even

    Put the biggest

    Sphere of all

to shame.

            — Richard Oxley