Jerri Hardesty

STARGAZING

The world isn't
Flat
And neither am I.
I'm round
Like the other
Heavenly bodies
And I spiral down
To a core
Of pure light
And love,
The source
Of my gravitation,
That mutual
Attraction
Between you and me
In close proximity.
We orbit each other
Spinning through nebulous clouds
Of dust and space and light,
Discovering the birthplace
Of stars
And souls,
And bathed in the crimson dawn
Of a red sun,
We awaken to
Earthrise --
Blue-green sphere
Shining
Through the black veil of space --
And unfurling our wings,
We glide on solar winds,
Sailing
Home again.

Jerri Hardesty lives in the woods of Alabama with her husband, Kirk,
and too many pets. As the founder of New Dawn Unlimited, Inc., (a nonprofit
for the purpose of poetry publishing, production, performance, promotion,
preservation, and education), she spends most of her time and money on poetry stuff.