Madonna and child

Poem by Jenny Webb

by Jenny Webb 26th April 2024

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