P The Presence

Cloistered in retreat and musing,
what has been and what will be,

there came a presence with a rusing,
stunning me, quite suddenly.

The image of a past devotion
many years had left behind

evoked old feelings and emotions
time had faded from my mind.

The visit was of brief duration,
like a breath, had come and gone.

Touched by the ghostly emanation,
I winced-and it vanished on.