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Tag: Milky Way

April 22, 2024

AND THIS

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My son and I sit together with his little cat family in his humble Cleveland apartment.  He grabs his book of Hubble Telescope photos.  He is fascinated with the universe and knows a great deal more about it than I do. He turns page after page, oohing and ahh’ing over the astounding beauty.  Immensity. Luminosity.  Each stunning photo compels him to share with me what he knows, and launches him to the next.  I am enjoying hearing the excitement in his swelling voice as we explore multiple moons and distant galaxies.

Then, the Milky Way.
His eyes grow tender.  Voice, soft.
“And this?  This is home.”

© Marie Elena Good, 2024

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May 5, 2019

MILKY WAY

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In last night’s sky
I saw hundreds of stars
above me,
and I remembered
Michigan’s night sky,
when you and I stood
beneath not hundreds
but billions
or trillions
and I wished
I could take them home.

In last night’s sky
I saw hundreds of stars
above me.
Today, not even one.
Not even the sun.

But now?
Now, I know they are here –

billions
and trillions
and even the sun,
and even when I see
not even one.

And I see no need
to take them home,

for now I see
they are my home.

© Marie Elena Good, 2019

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