Saturday, June 11, 2016

Starshine

is there a full moon in the sky
do the stars truly twinkle to the naked eye
can you imagine getting past the milky way
the sombrero galaxy and millions of nebulae
our eyes only see so far, our minds fill in the blanks
we tell our young to have faith but that soon shrank
to the size of tiny, tiny quarks and electrons
right and left they buzz at the pons
where our ideas emerge and gift us with dreams
that this place where we live is more than it seems
where the moments of death from gun-wielding addicts
outnumber the days and the hours—the clock ticks
give me a reason to follow my heart

if only a moment passes, i’ve done my part

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