The kite
clutched to your chest
as if your heart
had escaped
glorying in yellow
& red
your fingertips
releasing it to the sky
where like
a prayer
searching for a God
it knew
it flew
like a wish
lost between clouds
now impossible now real
my heart now too
dancing next to you
we chase each other
across a vast immensity of blue
kite tails
twirling like laughter
spiralling with delight
cutting the sky
into shapes
that shift
and change
entangled now
brought back to earth
out of breath
we run
gather the other’s
heart
into our trembling
hands
souls embodied
now
still in the sky.
Dónall Dempsey
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/heart-s-delight/
