We climbed out a window and lay on the roof.<\/p>\n
The Universe sprawling out above us, in all directions.<\/p>\n
I fell in love long ago with the silent silver streaking<\/p>\n
Of shooting stars.<\/p>\n
Fragments flaming, falling.<\/p>\n
The crisp pinpricks of distant suns,<\/p>\n
Some daring to be blue or orange to a human eye.<\/p>\n
The black spaces in between, so full of what we cannot see.<\/p>\n
Once I saw a comet, its tail a smudge.<\/p>\n
It sat there, as though it were ordinary,<\/p>\n
As though it did not come from the icy edge<\/p>\n
Of all that we hold dear.<\/p>\n
And once, an eclipse of the moon;<\/p>\n
It turned blood red before my eyes.<\/p>\n
It did not disappear,<\/p>\n
But sat there disquietingly<\/p>\n
In its rouge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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