I watch intently
in my mind’s eye
an ancient Egyptian
scribe take his pen and write
“My heart is in balance with yours.”
And laugh.
At how not an iota
of love
has changed since that then
& this now.
Through seconds or centuries
Love flies
through hieroglyph
to cursive English script
Love
the most human thing
there is.
Dónall Dempsey
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-most-human-thing-there-is/
