What take we back from the stars... <br />One moment in our eyes, <br />Trillions of years to light <br />Our sight... <br />Red shift, Blue shift... <br />They speed to us, or away. <br /> <br />We are Time's children, <br />Who on a July night, catch them in jars. <br />We call them 'fireflies'. <br />We tell children to hold them carefully. <br />They are delicate. <br /> <br />Then, look up, amazed at <br />Hydrogen implosions, explosions... <br />Larger than our Milky Way... <br />Coalescing unknown gases <br />Into an infant star... <br /> <br />Gaze down at the firefly, <br />Remember a grandmother, <br />Pet the dog... <br />And know they are <br />The stuff of stars... <br />One moment in our eyes.<br /><br />elysabeth faslund<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/star-journeys-mundana/
