Madonna and child
Poem by Jenny Webb
In just a heartbeat
Space dissolves
And time stands still
And oh! the ecstasy, the thrill
In that dissolving unity
That tender gaze…
A blink before the birth of fear
When cruelty was a distant cloud
A devil’s joke
And there was love, and peace, and hope
And all was well and would be well
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