I once witnessed

A brilliant platinum galaxy

Abruptly vanish

Into a hovering cloud

Of dense

Erotic black


*


I saw a stunning world

Hanging on a mid-night sky

Like a black pearl

A world

Just as ravishing

As our very own cobalt orb

Explode

Into lava-red flames

Then cease to exist


*


I was once

A butterfly who loved

To dance in circles

To the beat of the sun

*


I’'ve been charmed

By the ruby-red eyes

Of dusk’s

Swollen sky

*


Suspended

Mesmerized

I’'ve been hypnotized

By defiant stars

Pelting Hercules’ sky

Over an Aegean Sea

*


An infant

Opens her eyes

For the very first time

And the Universe is born

Once again

*


Truly

Every face

Is the face of God

The lovely face of God


*


But

Never

Have I ever

Laid eyes

On one so beautiful

As you

01/01/2009