Anticipation...
Shaping glass by hand,
“How far can you see with that?”
Far enough, baby.
Then, after twilight
When the Sun is underfoot
We may safely gaze.
The stars, scattered, thrown
Into the deepening sky’s
Velvet azure lap
It came from the east
A piece of the Universe
On fire, ablating
In My Fujinons...
Burning through the trees,
Amazed they had not lit them,
I saw Pleiades
Of course a woman:
Bewitching and beguiling!
Sweet Andromeda…
Sweeping Milky Way!
Cygnus, Sagittarius
Bright, glowing starclouds
In My Telescope...
Floating there in space,
Galaxies, Nebulae, Stars
Forever away
Golden ringed goddess
The sixth planet from the Sun
As good as dreams get
“Oh my gosh, what’s that?”
The littlest said with glee!
Saturn’s in the scope.
Saturn’s in the scope,
She never fails to delight,
Jewel of the night!
An exquisite night,
My 8” perfectly tuned,
I saw Saturn’s spokes…
In My Puny Mind…
Look, everything’s paired
People, stars and galaxies.
Why not: Universe?
~
Opposites attract
In out up down back and forth
Duality rules
All of this we trust:
Walking earth and breathing air
All of this: stardust
hiding a Universe there.
Deep breath of the mind
Seek strength in the truth
When weakness and temptation
Pry at your conscience
~ copyright 2003 by Matt Terry ~
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