Villanelle "The Empty Sky"

The empty sky does not hold heaven's face
No holy visage shines from Zion's Hill
It is the image here in our embrace
I do not say joy, has no sense of place
Street corner partings cry of kisses, still
The empty sky does not hold heaven's face
Beyond the warmth of earth's no special grace
Eternal bliss, or dark satanic mill?
It is the image here in our embrace
To strive for what's beyond is no disgrace
O'er all the cosmos let us travel, still
The empty sky does not hold heaven's face
Though in the end we master time and space
What is our purpose, forged inside our will?
It is the image here in our embrace
Love for each other, is the secret lace
The filligree of good, the shield 'gainst ill
The empty sky does not hold heaven's face
It is the image here in our embrace.

Simon BJ