A Toe

I dipped a toe in the ocean of night,
afterlife in which I am not to be,
my toe returned, chastened, without a word
I am innocent even when bereft

something stands apart from fear and delight,
a place I cannot visit I’ve never left,
names pass through it and leave not a trace
I know it’s there without sense of touch

it’s awkward to try to describe wha…