-- Connected by Sky --

John Herlihy

We hold hands and kiss, look to the stars in fantasy.

We chase fireflies and catch their light, such mystery.

We wonder what the other is doing; we don’t know.

We do know that in wondering, our hearts glow.

Never here, there she is, ten thousand miles away.

I think of her at the same time as she thinks of me.

Here I am, ten thousand miles away from myself.

Always thinking of her and hoping she thinks of me.

I imagine myself there, across the waters with her.

She imagines herself here, across the waters with me.

I look to the heavens to see the bright North Star.

She sees the same bright star in the heavens afar.

There we are, parted by distance, not knowing why.

There we are, brought together, connected by sky.

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(c) John Herlihy 20 July 2019