Small blue marble <br />lost on a black velvet cloth <br /> <br />the earth <br />to an astronaut <br /> <br />like an atlas <br />come alive <br /> <br />with life & living <br /> <br />passing now over <br />the Pacific Coast <br /> <br />now specificly <br />over us <br /> <br />our love <br />visible from outer space <br /> <br />our kisses <br />marching across borders <br /> <br />earthy and full <br />of passion <br /> <br />each kiss like <br />a Great Wall of China <br /> <br />me kneeling now <br />at your Nile delta <br /> <br />as the astronaut <br />blushes and turns away. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />New moon over <br />our left shoulder.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/one-great-step/
