Her eyes
gaze across time
into mind
growing accustomed
to this deep darkness
after the blinding sunshine
lost in the ages
I stand
as the
Icon
stares into
my soul.
Outside a boat
knocks noisily
against a rickety
wooden pier
...centuries away.
Dónall Dempsey
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/see-how-the-bell-abolishes-time/