By Dark Angel
Date: 21 February 2001
Miracle at the Zoo
In the bright and amber silence
of Sunday afternoon
I sat shivering
looking into eyes
that swung the universe
in their depths.
Something in the sunlight
in the crazy calls
from the monkey house
broke the reservations in me
and then
I pulled the pin
summoned the courage
and kissed you.
Bang. The peace
was deafening.
Spinning in that other place
coming down slowly
from the magic
the fire
of that first kiss
was someone new
who quaked in himself
with the knowledge
he had found something bigger
sweeter than his own life.
How will I ever explain to you
what happened?
What do you say
when the angel speaks
and you know
without doubt now
fingers in the wound
like Thomas
that this is real.
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