Poem: Looking Up

 

Looking Up

night parades

its candelabra of lush cosmos.

 

the lunar sliver ladles ocean,

sickles a falling star.

 

humbled, my little eyes, 

meek as the merest trilobite,  

and my heart, too, the fossil of a rose,

 

watch as the ardent gems of a scattered universe

melt away the stone.

 

for a moment, my most intimate self

partners to soar,

heavenly with ancient flame.

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11/30/25 ... 

8/4/25 ... changed some phrases.. 

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