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COSMIC PERSPECTIVE
Do Stars Stargaze?
A poem born of wonder
Does the star we call our Sun
Gaze toward a vastness we call space
And on the pitch-black, gelid canvas
Court bright, coruscating gems
Taking in their heat as kindred?
“The farther you travel, the more bent out of shape the constellations become.”
— Bob King, Sky & Telescope: SEE THE SUN FROM OTHER STARS
I arrive here in a thin beam of sunlight and this is clarity. The beam is both metaphorical and literal. It’s coming in through an opening in the curtain, shining from the East and I am striped by its line.
Rebalancing.
That is the theme of the day. The proper harmonization of give and take — receive and give. Beholding confident sky, a star shines brilliant in the daytime. Inside this room, I pause to give it full attention, drawing in raw love and light so I might learn to broadcast all I know but have not yet learned to fashion into words.
We are in this world together, you and I.
Let’s be stars to each other.
Thank you for reading.
Despite her ardor for the mystical realms, Laurie Perez is a hardcore, grounded desert-dweller. Beginning, end and center she’s rooted in the Sonoran Desert. Her novels sift textures of both sand and soul — spanning continents — embracing big, juicy questions and the immutable pleasures of existence.