Art & Poetry: Look up
Night Sky
The deep dark of the night sky with its countless stars has been holding humanity in awe from time immemorial. Yet, how may nights go by without us glancing at the sheer beauty of its immense spread. How many nights do we spend staring at the inane glare of the TV screen, the empty walls of a room, dust clogged lustreless windows...
It is time we look up, put our tiny speck into perspective. To marvel at the glory of the universe. To admire the beauty that surrounds us.
It is also time to look around at those who love us, those who appreciate our company and take solace in the wonder of love.
Look up
Sometimes
When the burden of life
Overwhelms
When tears refract
The light of life
When the dust of reality
Clogs life’s windows-
Unlatch
Stare at the night sky
Billion stars
Blink ancient messages
Across space
Light from eons
Reaches our eyes
Engraving the retina
Silence echoes
Through deep dark blues
As galaxies
Move out (or in?)
Comprehend
The magnitude, the breadth,
The wonder of mind,
The Universe
Light still travels
Through empty spaces
But cannot exist
Without darkness
Do your worries
Still orbit
The sun in your brain
Or does the white heat
Of stars
Sear them away
Into dust
To look within
We need to
Look without
Look up
Look around
Or just,
Look at me
Apoapsis
Becomes
Periapsis
As our gravity
attracts.
In a celestial dance.
Closer yet far
Fast yet slow
Now, Let go of the windowsill
Let's soar
For I orbit
You
As you, me.
Looking up
Sometimes the same emotion maybe captured by different creative heads. When my friend Aisling Rice read this poem, it reminded her of a painting she had done expressing the same feeling.... It is kind of her to let me use her painting with my poem.... Thanks Aisling!
© 2011 Mohan Kumar
