Glow

 

The city

warms the clouds

with the glow

of streetlights

headlights

porchlights

yardlights

The searchlights

from the airport

draw compass points

across the sky

Nowhere

is dark complete

or night unilluminated

not even behind

my closed

eyelids

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Illumination

 

The light

behind the clouds

on the other side of the world

8 minutes from the sun

the 4 and more

light years

from the nearest star

What

if the light

traveling 100,000 years

across the galaxy

began with us

200,00 years

before?

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