- There was a moment . . .
- The boat adrift & bobbing,
- Orion blind—
- at sea.
- Maybe from sheer tiredness, his anger subsided
- & for that moment, he could follow
- his breath, he could feel the surge . . .
- His blood connects
- his heart with the out-there of this life . . .
- The stars are so very far away;
- but their light is as close as the sun’s.
- It is the Earth that covers
- & protects us . . . like a hen her nest.
- We are creatures who need dark night—
- A night filled with the energy of a billion suns
- A night filled with the energy of a billion suns . . .
- A dark, incubating night—
- totally beyond our will . . .
- Orion is alone & lost . . .
- & he is protected in this moment . . .