The Night Sky

photo: maydenchronicles.com

As I stand looking up

at the night sky

curved ribs of light

arch above

enfolding me

like a tall umbrella

or the drooping branches

of a mimosa tree

hung with stars

instead of blossoms

just for me

What lies

in the spaces

between stars?

What dances

among the

interplanetary beams

of the northern lights -

light catchers

swirl

like ecstatic

Sufi dancers

across the sky

We watched them

together

at two a.m.

once

you and I

Celestial Beings

wave their

mile-long arms

tossing falling stars

from side to side

that glimmer

brilliantly

and then go out

leaving mystery

behind

that is

Forever

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