Cepheus and Cassiopeia
bring forth a daughter
named Princess Andromeda
who rests upon a dardened
cobalt sky
yet at her side she tends
the pulse beat
of one hundred billion stars
silently blinking messages
seen many light years away
and we receive today this
message while standing here
on earth beneath a crisp
November sky
©2008 Pauline
6 comments:
I love the "vision" this poem conjured up for me. Lovely and well written as usual! I hope this season finds you well.
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This makes me feel the awe I feel when I'm in the mountains looking the night sky and it's so overwhelming and majestic.
Put on a jacket, its chilly out there. Which is why I am "in here" as much as possible.
We can still see the cloudy band of our galaxy (milky way) from here. Not much night lighting yet.
There is nothing more wonderful to see then a sky full of stars. Makes on humble to realize just how small this planet is and why it is important to get along.
beautiful, simply beautiful.
i love the stars :)
hugs Pauline, hope all is well.
Wondrously written.
Every once in a while I pretend that I have an inkling of the vastness of the stars twinkling above but pfffft!
I am astounded at the magnitude of this universe.
What better way to express and explore that than through beautiful words like your piece.
My message would be that we may be a tiny insignificant piece of the puzzle, but we can still shine as brightly as these sentinels...
even if our time scales are way out of sync.
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