Telescope: a poem by Lousie Glück

Telescope Telescope Louise Glück There is a moment after you move your eye away
when you forget where you are
because you’ve been living, it seems,
somewhere else, in the silence of the night sky. You’ve stopped being here in the world.
You’re in a different place,
a place where human life has no meaning. You’re not a creature in body.
You exist as the stars exist,
participating in their stillness, their immensity....

July 24, 2024 · 2 min · un01s