The open eye edits beauty and bends evidence.
Milkweed-down floats away from admiring breath.
Fingers cast shadows wherever they point.
Tasting tongues melt sugar.

Stars are best seen in darkness.

Sometimes seeking beauty in cause,
we miss the beauty of result.

Just by thinking so
we
ride electrons in orbit
parse protons from nuclei.
and posit galaxies in coffee cup scum

we
explore endless caverns between sand grains
plot neutrinos through earth's basalt heart
swim grey veins in Michaelangelo's marble

we
fly with crows above Van Gough's tortured fields
skip from drip to drip in Pollack's ragged lace
surf the crest of Mozart's counterpoint
live lonely moments in the mind of Dylan Thomas

Just by thinking so
we can
stick our fingers in horizon's wall
and expand it just that much
We can
scuff our toes along the milkyway
kicking small stars as we go

Up down forward back
Micro & macro time & distance
they're natural for our mind
Without measure without limit
We fit these dimensions
It makes sense
We float lightly on this river of time
Gravity is a warm blanket
and we fantasize in harmony
Here where we are
it's as light as our dreams choose
...even if no light gets out

But darkness does wait
Just beyond our dreams are things too dark to conceive
As dark

as narcotic temptations for children
as dominion without presence
as ruling without responsibility
as judging children for their parent's sin

Some believers credit their God with just such darkness.

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