.…Especially
Nothing quite as desolate as watching
That last good friend walk away, leave taking,
Leaving the room empty with nothing but
One’s self, desolate, lest he not return.
“Au contraire,” says the theologian, “God
Is always present, inside, around, there,
Hidden in the dark corners, and the bright,
Hidden in the intensity of light!.…”
“Hidden, especially, in the intensity of light.”