- Other Worlds -

By John Herlihy

Look

and listen

first origins

then final end

Awake or asleep

our thoughts wander

dreams of other worlds

we can’t be here on our own

the day wakens quietly at dawn

that has happened since first day

the twilight has lingered, then fallen

the night has arrived in all its blackness

fingers of flame illuminated the darkness

ragged sparks crackled down into the wind

the fire offered heat; beyond the fire was cold

with all the darkness, the night was crystal clear

and in that pristine darkness, the stars were falling

where were they falling from; where were they falling to

the old hunter pulled his blanket about him, his breath white

I wonder if there are other worlds, he thought, is this the only one

right at the void of other worlds, I do know a sure thing: We are here

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(c) John Herlihy January 2019