the Great Beyond

the candy-coated air seems as invincible
as she feels
floating in the Great Beyond

“why great? and beyond what?”
you ask me, still too confused
“it is great for it has become
to be beyond human measure”
I tell you, still too wise
“the brilliant minds of eternity
have laughed in its face again and again,
it being misunderstood by so many,
the artificiality of our eyes
has only reflected its fragments”

the words linger in the air
illuminating like neon lights
seemingly displaced in the drowsy desert

the Great Beyond proudly takes a bow
and mischievously disappears
around the nearest corner