Across the Darkness

ACROSS THE DARKNESS

When the stars exploded and
the splintered pieces of sunlight
hurtled across the darkness
it created the wonder of a miracle
and now
far away on the dot of blue earth
as it rotates around the hot red sun
spinning on its axis
a physics masterpiece
I hold my dearest child in the stillness of the night
and nurse her
against my warm skin. I look down
into her blue eyes and see
all the universe. She is the world
and all our hopes and dreams.