24. The Things We Orbit

2015-05-25

steady glow of the moon
veiled by clouds of tonight
you are how I feel


do you even notice us crowded poets
slaving to describe you
in ways abstract and beautiful
so recent our arrival
and the vapors of our ecosystem
not the only clouds
over our heads
we too go largely unnoticed
except by the things we orbit
the universe is us
and let us never forget
as we pen our sonnets about the stars
that beautiful as the night is
between the clouds
there is even more starlight during the day
although it too
must sometimes struggle
through the clouds

Original source photo credit Kyle Richner via Unsplash.com