around the turn of the year
Orion looks at me
head on
on my little loggia
the brilliance of the sky
in a clear winter night
is awesome
and even if I did not
know the names of the stars
that give Orion shape
Rigel, Betelgeuse
I would start wondering
about design and meaning
and how I figure in it
if at all
whether my astronomer friends
have terms and explanations
does not really matter
it is I
who has to come to terms
with what I see
with the endlessness
of the universe
the brilliance of its appearance
and the feeling that
in all of this
my own insignificance
might be
just that
Mar 11, 2015
Mar 11, 2015 at 8:23 PM UTC
around the turn of the year
Orion looks at me
head on
on my little loggia
the brilliance of the sky
in a clear winter night
is awesome
and even if I did not
know the names of the stars
that give Orion shape
Rigel, Betelgeuse
I would start wondering
about design and meaning
and how I figure in it
if at all
whether my astronomer friends
have terms and explanations
does not really matter
it is I
who has to come to terms
with what I see
with the endlessness
of the universe
the brilliance of its appearance
and the feeling that
in all of this
my own insignificance
might be
just that
