Diviners

They said:

You stared through empty space

Beyond that vacuum and into the very heart of creation

And you focussed

Your eyes on that delicate point

Between the past and the future

Neither behind you nor in front

And there

Right there you glimpsed

and gleaned

Then grasped what you did not know

A moment before

And you bowed your head back to your furious work

As your mind strained to hear again that voice inside your eyes

And we went back to our wary lives

Some of us

Watching out for people like you

Diviners

Once I saw you in your reverie

Lost in the space between

an old couple could not decide which one

You were locking eyes with

Until you reappeared before them and smiled at both

And then you did the oddest thing

You cocked your head just a bit

Like a dog might

And you smiled with remembering

You typed away as tears flowed

Smoothly down your face unabashed

Lost in happy moments of truth

He replied:

It's true

If I could somehow...

If I could only…

When I visit that place

in the center of all things

where creation vast and infinite hides in plain sight

I lose myself

divining

and sweet sorrow crinkles my heart

that I can not stay longer