starlife

in a while, it must dawn.
the light scatters
the remnants of a haze;
slumber wistfully
and the world moves.

day after night after day
events and lifetimes roll by
dreams are dreamed, some nightmares
without escape
and the people adapt.

yellow, white, and golden
streaming through
blinds, curtains and windows, come alive
young earth
you have a long way to travel.

not distance but time ...

you twirl and fly
as mountains crumble and rivers change
even the seas challenge the landmasses
to gain new boundaries
and the star-stuff burns.

on somedays, it is as if you know
young earth and so do your children
that you and I are siblings
for we learn
and we live and we shall die

sharing hope and life ...

entwined with each others fates
with each turn
you reveal a new facet to me
and i burn
to bring it to the light, in the gaze of truth.

without a lesson for the living,

what sense does it make
for us to continue in this cold, cold space?
all of us twirling and whirling and dancing
in a cosmic harmony
whose sounds are as ancient as the universe.

and your children leave ...

the confines of your planetary space
to explore and travel
and meet our cousins who whirl with us
and then onwards to our distant cousins
telling our stories to their children.

and even here i wonder
how lucky we are
to have such a family to share
in this cold, dark universe. our children
are of the light and they know it.

no fear. even at the end.
such is our legacy.

love shines brilliant,  like burning hydrogen.

planet

so distant and spinning
amidst nothingness
life or not,

i am.

sometimes stormy
and comparatively a giant
among others,

i am.

sustaining life
protecting the seeds
to add to this universe,

i am.

and someday - intelligence
will spark on me
and wonder where

is she?

and maybe, eventually
she will find
the love that protected
and fed
and sustained
and enabled

her.
i am.