Poem: Looking Up

 

Looking Up

night parades

a candelabra of lush cosmos.

 

a lunar sliver ladles ocean,

sickles a falling star.

 

humbled, my little eyes. 

meek as the merest trilobite. 

my heart the fossil of a rose.

 

the ardent gems of the scattered universe

melt away the stone.

for a moment, 

i myself am borne intimate, 

partnered to soar,

heavenly of flame.

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6/27/24...

10/30   added "a" before "scattered universe" ... "falling star" replaces "slip of star"  ... 

7/25/22  "slip of star" replaces "streaking star"

7/24/22  multiple changes after poem goes up, within hours