Protoplanetary
Ten million years
through haloed night
three tumbling crumbs
mere nuclei
elliptic compass
planets mass
folding stellar detritus
into what becomes this land
oceanic flowing skies
each gentle crease along your hand
those lustrous blossoms in your hair
which dances with the wind tonight
reflecting moon your knowing eyes
there my world revolving warms
with limbs aligned unwinding time
three hearts entwined refining rhyme
designs inclining life divine
once we entrust eternal dust
to recombine and soon enwomb
a sacred space where new minds form.
Protoplanetary © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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20 lines. Dust of Eternity challenge prompt - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2744182-maximum-25-lines--Abstract---DUST-OF-ETERNI
Poem inspired by the gradual creation of planets from dusty disks surrounding stars and the cosmic stardust from which complex matter and even life may arise.
Submitted: March 5, 2020