Promptly 4 and 5

Oh, Do Not Ask, "What is it?"

Oh, Do Not Ask, “What is it?”

Some things are so special,
moments of bright sunbursts
of awareness, scattered
as mountain peaks in the foothills
of life, high experiences
that shine their crystal clarity
and illumine the dark corners
forever.

To speak of them in hope
of understanding is to demean
the mystery, to drain the nearness
of the divine with earthly care,
the perfect light of that instant
sullied with inspection and
force feeding the replete.

‘Tis enough to say
God spoke.


Line count: 17
Free verse
For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 10 2024
Prompt: Write a poem about a moment when you felt overwhelmingly joyful.
Note: The title is a quote from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot.