(Image is courtesy of ESA and NASA. Acknowledgment: E. Olszewski, U. Arizona)

Advent III, 2013

 

Birth and life…

neither is a muted affair.

 

The effort to quiet

or contain them

would snatch at starlight

and whisper away the edge

of awe’s flame,

leaving mystery to sputter.

 

Kimberly M. King, RSCJ