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Teresa A. Phipps

Life and Space

The sun, pregnant with light and heat

bursting with the new day

labors high in the atmosphere

while the moon rolls about

in her dream-like dance

without compassion for the Sun's

constant affliction.

I lay down on buttercups

contemplating the birth of each planet

searching beyond the light with my thoughts

unable to grasp something so simple

due to the poverty of my own imagination

I reach my hand into space around me

and wonder how many worlds I've touched

How limited my sight and hearing

for all the worlds to escape detection

If only I could come to understanding

my vision would perhaps catch up someday

and I would know with lunar perception

the mystery of this solar conception

that gives birth to life each day

Path
Was

The path, it winds

around in time.

I'll circle 'round

to start anew.

A pas de deux

would be sublime,

to step in time

from pointe to ground

without a sound.

The silent path,

it winds around.

Taking off at a sprint

and quickly gaining momentum

he threw himself with such

tremendous force

against the idea that he was

that he

was not.

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