Something Old, Part II

Or, I am too lazy/tired/sad/uninspired to write something new.

I wrote this short poem after my miscarriage in 2005. We were trying for another baby, and from the moment I found out I was expecting again, something just didn’t feel right this time around. Sure enough, I lost the baby after several weeks and these words came soon after. I think it is interesting (my subconscious? or just coincidence?) that we decided to give our daughter a name that meant “light”.

Astronomy

delicate
fragile
faintest star in the galaxy
that burns so bright
we are millions of light-years away from understanding
how she formed, but
too fast and all too soon
my beautiful supernova emerges
she all-consumes me
I feel her energy drawing me near
and yet I am so far from her, but
she will always glow bright in my mind's eye
and bring that much more light to the next unborn star.